Category Archives: Animal Ecology

By Ser, Jooyoung There are only 7 species of sea turtle on our planet and unfortunately, 6 of them are endangered on the IUCN Red list. Regrettably, the cause of the decrease in sea turtle population size cannot be separated from anthropogenic activity. About 400 years ago, there were 39 million sea turtles roaming ourContinue reading “NO BUT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY “SAVE THE TURTLES””

By Heiloi Yip There is no doubt that the evolution of rigid bones and endoskeleton were critical to the evolution of humans and other animals, tracing all the way back to the first time the tetrapods emerged onto land. It has been traditionally believed that calcified bones were a unique trait to the Osteichthyes, aContinue reading “A fossilized fish reveals new insight into the evolution of bones”

By Santiago Campo Extinction is a natural phenomenon which has happened since the beginning of time due to environmental factors (as it happened with the dinosaurs), or due to a species’ evolutionary struggles to adapt to the development of other species and the world, following the current neo darwinism evolutionary theory based in natural selectionContinue reading “Cloning: A beacon of hope for endangered species”

By Jemima Frame A stereotypy is a repetitive (often purposeless) movement such as body swaying, or pacing, most commonly seen in captive animals. This abnormal stereotypic behaviour is generally an indicator of poor psychological wellbeing in the animals and is a behaviour which is frequently seen in zoos. It is thought that both the stressContinue reading “Stereotypies; are they always bad?”

By Yun Son Garden worms play an extremely vital role despite its small size. The presence of worms is an indicator of  soil quality;  healthy, moist soil will have more worms, whereas  dry, poor, infertile soil will show no signs of worms.  Darwin himself was absolutely fascinated by earthworms and their behaviour in soil. HeContinue reading “Worms, microplastics and nanoplastics”