Reef fish are more placid around islands infested with invasive rats
5 January 2023
Around rat-infested tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, jewel damselfish change their behaviour because the algae they eat is less nutritious
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Making Australia’s native animals poisonous could curb feral cats
5 September 2022
An implant embedded in Australian animals that releases lethal poison when feral cats eat them could stop species being driven to extinction by cat predation
Jackals seen stealing kills from lynx as they expand range in Europe
10 May 2022
Camera traps in Slovenia have recorded golden jackals eating deer recently killed by Eurasian lynx in the first sign of conflict between these carnivores
Virus outbreak in wild boars led to more oak trees in Polish forest
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An outbreak of African swine fever in 2015 reduced the wild boar population by 90 per cent in Białowieża primeval forest, so more acorns grew into trees
Breeding with farmed fish is changing the life cycle of wild salmon
22 December 2021
The evolutionary fitness of Atlantic salmon is being damaged by genetic contamination as wild fish breed with escapees from fish farms
Zebra finch songs alter the behaviour of their chicks' mitochondria
8 December 2021
In warm weather, zebra finches sing heat calls to their unborn offspring, and this programs the nestlings to produce less heat inside their cells
Dingo
7 July 2020
The dingo is a kind of wild dog found exclusively in Australia. It is descended from the New Guinea singing dog.
Why bats and nocturnal animals hate light pollution?
28 April 2020
Fiona Mathews gives a bat's-eye view of the severe ecological damage caused by light pollution and explains how to address it.
Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?
28 April 2020
When we decide which species will survive the age of humans, we need to question conservation's fundamental beliefs, argues Rebecca Nesbitt.
A laser-sighted toxic goo gun is killing feral cats in Australia
15 November 2019
A device that kills feral cats by squirting their fur with toxic gel they lick off while self-grooming is being used to protect endangered Australian animals
