Leicestershire and Rutland county councils have become concerned about the decline in numbers of the harvest mouse, and have prepared around 200 tennis balls with penny-sized holes for the mice to nest in.
People are being asked to contact the local council, notifying them of where they see the little creatures, so that the “mouse houses” [...]

Studies are conducted on a regular basis into all manner of things, but this one really amused me!
Professor Jonathan Evans (from the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia) carried out the study into the reproductive skills of tropical guppies, and the findings are described in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings B.
Apparently, [...]

There have been many reasons for and against hunting certain animals over the years, and although I tend to side with those voting “for” hunting, I do not agree with all hunting.
Recent studies are showing that “whales and dolphins possess intelligence and culture more complex that we had previously assumed”. So, we are potentially hunting [...]

The bobtail lizard, a type of skink, is a easily recognised in its home country of Australia because it is a very common creature and is often kept as a pet. And at the reptile park at Henley Brook in Perth, a new addition is making itself at home – a  two-headed [...]