Tiger Sharks are found throughout the world’s tropical and temperate oceans. While Great White Sharks steal the glory in terms of Hollywood, Tiger Sharks may be even more formidable. Their …
Before the invention of fossil-fuel-driven engines human beings were mostly sedentary creatures. My grandfather barely left the Cotswold valley where his ancestors had lived for generations. In stark contrast there …
A European Robin feeds a caterpillar to its chick. A common sight in English gardens, this epitomises animal impactWhat is Animal Impact? Without wildlife, Earth would not be habitable for …
The power of orangutans in ecosystems Have you ever asked, or answered the question ‘why are orangutans important?’ Because for most people it may never have occurred to them, yet …
Why are frigatebirds important? Like all wildlife, the answer lies in their ability to move. Thousands of generations of birds have developed a bond with their environment, transferring and concentrating …
The environmental sensitivity of animals was revealed to me many years ago. I was once asked to find out the amount of sediment that could stop penguins from feeding underwater. …
The first land animals appeared on Earth about 350 million years ago but the runway for creatures of our kind to take off was bumpy. Long before that, the first …
Whenever I see a wildlife spectacle, I’m always asking myself this question … or I often get asked the same: what is this animal doing here? This isn’t the hardest …
A paper just published in the journal Nature [1] has reviewed hundreds of studies on the impact of humans on the movement of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and arthropods. …
One of most exciting studies I’ve read this year just popped up in the journal Quaternary and was summarised on Phys.org [1]. Researchers suggest that human brain size has changed …
