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Ecology Apr 3, 2024

AI helps to detect invasive Asian hornets

Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect invasive Asian hornets and raise the alarm, new research shows. University of Exeter researchers have developed VespAI, an automated system that attracts hornets to a monitoring ...

Social Sciences Dec 19, 2023

Researchers fear the spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity in England

How do you pronounce your "r"s towards the ends of words like Shearer, purr, nerd and pore? And what about those in car, bird and her?

Plants & Animals Jul 5, 2023

Water temperature found to not impact blue-green algae blooms

Even if most cyanobacteria blooms in Canada's lakes happen during the hottest periods of summer, water temperature seems to have little to no impact on the development of these potentially toxic bacteria better known as blue-green ...

Environment Apr 9, 2023

Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal region

On an early spring afternoon, Tregantle Beach is bathed in a dazzling light reminiscent of a painting by British landscape artist JMW Turner as sea, sky and sun merge.

Space Exploration Jan 10, 2023

UK space industry mulls setback after satellite launch fails

British officials and space scientists said Tuesday they were disappointed but not deterred after the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. ended in failure.

Space Exploration Dec 8, 2022

From Shetlands to Azores, Europe's space race takes off

Projects to develop space centres that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialisation of space.

Plants & Animals Dec 1, 2022

Underwater footage reveals sharks' flexible feeding skills

Underwater cameras have revealed the impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when feeding.

Plants & Animals Nov 23, 2022

Egyptian lagoon vital to Cyprus turtles, study shows

The number of green turtles breeding in Cyprus has risen in recent years—but this bounce-back depends heavily on an Egyptian lagoon where many turtles feed, new research shows.

Ecology Mar 31, 2022

African network protects key turtle sites

A network of West African Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covers key sites used by green turtles, new research shows.

Plants & Animals Mar 10, 2022

Half-century of protection pays off for sea turtles

Green turtle numbers continue to rise on a group of islands where the species has now been protected for more than 50 years, new research shows. Turtles were hunted at Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles until a ban in 1968.

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