UK population grows at its slowest rate in 15 years as more Britons leave the country with fewer migrants arriving from abroad, latest figures show More Britons left the UK and less migrants arrived between mid-2018 and 2019 Amount of non-EU migrants arriving into the UK are at record high, figures show Today’s figures also … Read more
Wolf spiders are resorting to CANNIBALISM as warming Arctic causes population to rise and sparks more competition for food Wolf Spiders in the Alaskan Arctic are turning to cannibalism to survive Rising temperatures cause females to grow larger and produce more offspring Because this creates competition for food, the females are eating juveniles By Stacy Liberatore … Read more
Jersey has secured a deal to buy 500,000 coronavirus antibody tests – enough to test its population five times for signs of past infection. Residents of the tiny Channel Island, which has had 255 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, could soon find out if they have already had the virus, and therefore have some form … Read more
WHO warns coronavirus ‘will be with us for a long time’ and says most of the world’s population remains at risk from catching the disease Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ‘we have a long way to go’ He said most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics WHO said there were ‘worrying … Read more
Bats carrying viruses that can lead to an AIDS-like disease threaten to wipe out Australia’s koala population Bats are acting as flying carriers for several viruses that are deadly to koalas The virus can trigger the koala retrovirus called KoRV, which can lead to cancer Scientists believe this is a greater threat to the koala … Read more
Britain could suffer 40,000 coronavirus deaths in the first wave of the outbreak, a leading public health expert dramatically warned today. Professor Anthony Costello, of University College London, blasted the Government’s handling of the crisis, saying it was ‘too slow’ to react. Almost 14,000 people in Britain have died of COVID-19 already, with the UK’s … Read more
A wet winter has seen Britain’s otter population flourish and they are raiding people’s gardens and eating their fish Otters were a common sight across the United Kingdom back in the 1950s However, their numbers dwindled around 1970–80 due to pesticide usage Now these chemicals are banned and otters are protected, numbers are rising Winter rainfall … Read more