Gull superbug
Migrating gulls have been found to carry bugs resistant to antibiotics, showing for the first time that wild birds may spread them around. Six of 57 droppings collected in the Berlengas archipelago, off Portugal, contained bacteria resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin (Proteome Science, vol 8, p 48).
Tigers get high
Camera traps at 4 kilometres above sea level in the mountains of Bhutan have recorded a male tiger apparently marking its territory and a female lactating, suggesting that tigers are breeding high in the Himalayas. The potential existence of “tiger corridors” in Asia, and of mountain refuges,…
