British families have discovered a love of foraging and home-cooking this year after the Covid-19 crisis ‘fundamentally reshaped’ their habits, according to a new study. Spending more time at home, a quarter bought food online for the first time during the pandemic and families also discovered a new love for home cooking, foraging in bushes … Read more
The end of the seagull? Experts say the birds should be renamed ‘urban gulls’ as they spend more time foraging in towns and cities than at the sea Researchers fitted GPS trackers to 12 birds to see where and when they foraged They also monitored gulls who visited a park, school and waste centre in Bristol The … Read more
Endangered sperm whales are less likely to forage for food at dawn in some areas of the Mediterranean, underwater robotic equipment has revealed. Unmanned underwater robots equipped with acoustic monitors recorded the sperm whale sounds over several months and thousands of miles of ocean. Sperm whales emit distinct ‘clicks’ to sense objects from reflected sound waves … Read more