Fall is the best time to clean nest boxes for barn owls
When it comes to American barn owls, forget spring cleaning.
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Hi-tech nest boxes to help greater gliders
The humble wildlife nest box has been given a hi-tech overhaul to help greater gliders severely impacted by Australia's bushfire disaster recover.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2022
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Research finds more support is needed for gamers who play video games with loot boxes
A Bournemouth University (BU) research project exploring university students' experiences of loot boxes in video games has found that more support and regulations are needed to prevent risks and behavior such as negative ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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Garden birds are struggling: four ways to help
More than a quarter of Britain's birds are now on the RSPB's red list, meaning that their numbers are in severe decline.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2022
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How landscapes of fear affect the songbirds in our backyards
A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently discovered that fear plays an important, unrecognized role in the underdevelopment, and increased vulnerability, of backyard songbirds.
Ecology
Aug 2, 2021
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Artificial refuges for wildlife are a popular stopgap for habitat destruction, but more research is needed
Wildlife worldwide is facing a housing crisis. When land is cleared for agriculture, mining, and urbanization, habitats and natural refuges go with it, such as tree hollows, rock piles and large logs.
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2021
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Chainsaw-carved trees make perfect homes for marsupial phascogale
As a result of logging and severe bushfires, Australian wildlife is facing a severe shortage of tree hollows—holes in the trunks and branches of large old trees. More than 300 species of birds and mammals, including possums, ...
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Jun 15, 2021
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Language study explores how boxing coaches communicate under pressure
Linguists from the University of Warwick have teamed up with England Boxing and UK Coaching in a bid to interpret and improve the way in which coaches communicate in high-pressure situations.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2020
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Lack of diversity means box-office blues for Hollywood films, study shows
Movie studios can expect to lose up to $130 million per film when their big-time offerings lack authentic diversity in their storytelling, a UCLA report published Oct. 6. concludes. The analysis is based on more than 100 ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2020
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What information is coded in bird alarm calls—a new study from Korea
Have you seen small birds nervously jumping up and down the branches and calling at a cat in a park? For a long time, scientists have been interested in what type of information about predators is coded in alarm calls; is ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2020
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