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MSPs seek clarity over proposed new hunting with dogs laws

Urgent clarification is needed on several areas of the Scottish Government’s bill on hunting with dogs, MSPs have said. Holyrood’s Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee has been scrutinising proposals which will replace the ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Life

How gardeners can help wildlife through summer and beyond

It’s not only humans who have suffered the sweltering temperatures of recent weeks. Wildlife, including hedgehogs, hares, bats and badgers, could well be struggling with this summer’s harsh conditions, according to a wildlife charity. Yet ...

01 Aug 2022 at 10:30

Marine mammals in UK at risk due to inconsistent assessments, research finds

Britain’s whale, dolphin and seal populations are being put at risk because of inconsistent approaches to environmental studies, Heriot-Watt University experts have found. Researchers from the Edinburgh-based university examined 93 ...

30 May 2022 at 01:01

Discovered: 150-year-old platypus specimen that proved some mammals lay eggs

Jars of 150-year-old platypus and echidna specimens that prove some mammals lay eggs have been discovered at an English museum. Collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, the tiny samples were found in the ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

Mammals put brawn before brains after dinosaur extinction – study

After the extinction of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals bulked up instead of developing bigger brains in order to boost their survival chances, new research suggests. For the first 10 million years after dinosaurs died out, ...

31 Mar 2022 at 20:25

Extinctions ‘may threaten Madagascar’s biodiversity for 23 million years’

It may take around 23 million years for evolution to replace Madagascar’s endangered mammals if they go extinct, a study suggests. An island country in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is home to unique animal species, ...

10 Jan 2023 at 16:00

Certain bats deter predators by buzzing like hornets, study suggests

Some bats will mimic the buzzing of stinging hornets in a bid to avoid being eaten by owls, a new study suggests. Researchers say their discovery is the first case of Batesian mimicry – where a harmless species ...

09 May 2022 at 17:25

Giraffes can make predictions based on statistics, scientists suggest

Giraffes have the ability to make predictions based on basic statistical calculations – just like humans, a study by scientists suggests. A small study of four giraffes at the Barcelona Zoo in Spain has shown ...

04 May 2023 at 16:00

Mammal and dinosaur found ‘locked in mortal combat’ from 125m years ago

A badger-sized mammal and a plant-eating dinosaur have been found “locked in mortal combat” from 125 million years ago. The fossilised remains of the dramatic moment frozen in time were discovered in the ...

18 Jul 2023 at 16:00

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: Heaviest animal that ever lived

The heaviest animal that ever lived may be an ancient whale species which swam in the oceans around 39 million years ago, scientists believe. Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton – ...

08 Aug 2023 at 18:33

39 million-year-old extinct whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’

02 Aug 2023 at 18:30

World

Rare spotless giraffe with no coat pattern born at US zoo

A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she is definitely not ordinary. The female reticulated giraffe was born on July 31 at the family-owned Brights Zoo in Limestone, a ...

22 Aug 2023 at 21:33

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