"Don’t be afraid of bats. Their survival is key to pest control"
"It was the news scientists had been dreading but had a strong hunch was coming: The fungus that causes deadly white-nose syndrome in bats had been officially confirmed in Alberta."
"Preschoolers taught that owls are a hoot"
Project coordinator of Owlproject.org, Jordan Hardey, and owl ringer, Hussein Moyo, educate the children of Simply Kidz Academy on the importance of conservation.
Karen's chats to Jonathan Haw - EcoSolutions: The Owl Project
Join Karen Walstra chatting to Jonathan Haw, founder of EcoSolutions, as they chat about EcoSolutions’ The Owl Project, which has introduced more than 260 000 children to the wonderful world of owls, across the globe: South Africa, USA, Portugal, Nepal, India, Austria since 2001.
"Dorset gamekeeper pleads guilty to multiple bird of prey killings"
"A gamekeeper has pleaded guilty after poison and multiple illegally killed birds of prey were discovered on a Dorset estate."
"A new breed of ‘super rodents’ resistant to poison could be dangerous to humans"
"A NEW breed of 'super rodents' are sweeping the UK, and they're immune to poisonous pesticides. In the last 20 years, most rats and mice in the UK have evolved to build an immunity to a commonly used poison."
"The use of drones for mosquito surveillance and control"
"The novel use of drones (or uncrewed aerial vehicles) may play a major role in the success of mosquito surveillance and control programmes in the coming decades since the global landscape of mosquito-borne diseases and disease dynamics fluctuates frequently and there could be serious public health consequences if the issues of insecticide resistance and outdoor transmission are not adequately addressed."
