The UK is home to over a third of the world’s grey seal population, according to SMRU. The animals’ increase, since the cessation of culls in the 1970s and the ban of hunting in the early 1980s, has ...
New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that bats can tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill, thanks to special adaptations of their immune system.
Scientists are to probe a mystery decline in seal numbers which has seen their populations drop in Scotland. In some areas, harbour seal numbers are in decline or are at drastically depleted levels ...