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Londoners asked to count the number of city's pollinating insects
Evening Standard via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoDr Konstantinos Tsiolis, Pollinator Ecologist at PLT said: “Honeybees are not in decline anywhere in...
Ants amputate legs in order to ensure survival – study
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoWhether they take this radical step depends on the location of the wound, the findings suggest....
Scientists lure endangered newts to ancient wetlands
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoOver the space of a week volunteers will join ecologists and other experts to dig out three former ponds near Selkirk. Despite the wetlands drying out...
Isolated Macron stung by French voters' 'revenge'
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoEmmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many,...
Carpenter ants amputate the legs of their nestmates to save their lives, study says
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoMost of the ant species lacking metapleural glands are arboreal, which means they live in trees,...
Scientists discover ants are capable of performing amputations - and saving lives
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days ago“When we're talking about amputation behaviour, this is literally the only case in which a...
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoOn a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest...
Spectators head out for glow-worm breeding season
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoWatched by a small crowd, the insects don’t seem to be put off by the lack of privacy. “I’m starting to blush”, says Prof Alan Stewart, an ecologist at...
Popular footbridge to be replaced
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 20 hours ago"Our decision to replace it was made after careful consideration." The council said vegetation would be cut back to allow for removal of the bridge, and that an ecologist ...
Holidaymakers spot endangered butterfly on Exmoor
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoThe rare butterfly, also traditionally known as the "woodman's follower", has been breeding successfully in Hawkcombe for a few years. 'Becoming more...
