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Beetles with fighting experience make better mothers

Beetles with fighting experience make better mothers

Burying beetle and larva. Fighters spend more time tending to their young A study commissioned by The University of Edinburgh...

Wildlife Editor
Exotics centre inundated with reptiles

Exotics centre inundated with reptiles

Around 50 snakes, including corn snakes, boa constrictors and king snakes have been admitted to RSPCA Brighton. Around 50 snakes...

Exotics Editor
Zoonotic disease outbreaks in unlikely ‘hotspots’, study finds

Zoonotic disease outbreaks in unlikely ‘hotspots’, study finds

Areas of high species diversity, such as the tropics, with a more zoonotic host species did not have correlating levels...

Industry Editor
Drop in Welsh herds under TB restrictions

Drop in Welsh herds under TB restrictions

94.6 per cent of herds in the country were TB free during the first quarter of 2016.  Data demonstrates progress...

Study suggests cats understand the laws of physics

The researchers found that the cats were more attentive to the containers that rattled when shaken in anticipation of a...

Companion animal trials to help human patients

Companion animal trials to help human patients

The study focuses on dogs because of the similarities between their cancers and human cancers. Researchers test innovative treatment options ...