Alarm calling behaviour is often associated with organisms belonging to complex social structures, such as meerkats, primates and many social birds. Meerkats are socially obligate, cooperatively-breeding mongooses that exhibit a sophisticated alarm calling system. Through […]
I like to consider myself a “realistic optimist”. I am neither pessimistic nor though am I a optimist to the point of over joyous delusion. I agree with the mantra of hoping for the best […]
21st Century Fox and National Geographic have launched a new for-profit venture called National Geographic Partners. This will control all of National Geographic’s media, including the magazine. Fox will hold a controlling 73% share, the […]
If the title of this blog post evokes images of hippies, eco warriors, Eastern philosophers or otherwordly New Age people then please keep reading because I want to dispel a few stereotypes and biases and have a […]
North Bull Island is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore off Clontarf and facing Sutton. The island, with a […]
Over the past few decades, the world has seen an increasing shift in what makes up the cornerstone discussion point regarding its future, from broad and seemingly ‘out-of-reach’ threats such as the nuclear arms race, […]
This is the question that has haunted me since I decided I wanted to study zoology. For years I answered people with the same pre-recorded spiel that everyone in my class has engrained in their […]
If there is one thing I can say that I enjoy more than most it is wandering around the edge of a pond in the pouring rain with a torch in my hand counting amphibians. […]
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