Tag: animals
Flirting skills in the animal kingdom
It’s no use being told that there’s ‘plenty more fish in the sea’ when all those potential love interests seem to be swimming away...
Do animals enjoy sex?
Do animals enjoy sex?
Arguably, sexual pleasure plays a dramatic role within human society. Due to our civilised nature, we as humans do not have...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Everyone's talking about the hit fantasy film. But our planet holds some pretty magical creatures of its own . . .
Platypus
Perhaps the most-well known...
Uni research reveals new wildlife camouflage techniques
New research from the University of Exeter has made an exciting revelation about wildlife camouflage techniques.
According to the findings, Wild Aegean wall lizards found...
Biology of the Big Screen: Godzilla’s “MUTOs”
An international multimedia phenomenon since 1954, the Godzilla franchise returned on the big screens just in time for its 60th anniversary last year, with...
Animals as you don’t know them: The Hoatzin
In the top ten living oddities of the Amazonian jungle, the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) would easily occupy one of the first three positions. Found...
Animal armageddon: The sixth mass extinction
The fact that we’re losing biodiversity at an alarming rate turned from ‘news’ into ‘common knowledge’ decades ago. There is not one major animal...
Micro pig petting available on campus tomorrow
Micro pigs will be on campus tomorrow in order to relieve exam stress.
A plethora of pigs, from guinea to micro, will be available to...
Beavers face possible cull in Ottery St Mary
Beavers living on Devon's River Otter face culling if they test positive for a rare parasite. If the parasite, a form of tape worm...
Microplastics interfere with marine ecosystem
Research carried out jointly between the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) that has recently been published in the journal ‘Environmental Science...
