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” [...]

There are numerous examples of situations where experts are called in, and they are unable to fix the problem, and then a “lucky passer-by” comes up with the brain-wave that saves the world (seen many times in numerous blockbuster films, and seen more and more in real life too).
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has [...]

As a country girl at heart, I believe that the great outdoors has a massive impact upon my life – it is where food comes from, it is where I go to relax, it is where I could earn a living – it impacts up on all areas of my life, and I choose to [...]

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 [...]