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• Faecal transplants ‘could save endangered koala’

  16-06-2018 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Team of researchers changes microbes in koalas’ guts in order to improve type of food they consumeScientists believe they have found a new weapon in the battle to save endangered species: faecal transplants. They say that by transferring faeces from the gut of one animal to another they could boost the health and viability of endangered creatures. In particular, they believe the prospects of saving the koala could be boosted this way.The idea of using faecal transplants as conservation wea
  
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• Horsefly season: How to avoid being bitten

  16-06-2018 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  It is horsefly season, which means all those enjoying the countryside should watch out for bites.
  
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• UK cycling is worth more than the steel industry – where's the strategy?

  16-06-2018 08:30 via theguardian.com
  A new report argues we’d all benefit if the government started taking the cycle industry seriouslyIf a country wants to make things, it needs a domestic steel industry. Our government considers this industry to be one of national strategic importance. But you would think it was also important to keep people moving, to make sure the air they breathe is clean and to look after their health.It just so happens that cycling is one of the ways to unsnarl traffic congestion, reduce pollution and
  
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• Country diary: a tragedy for the exotic hooligans occupying our loft

  16-06-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Stamford, Lincolnshire: A dead starling chick appears on the ground outside, almost fledged. I’m upset to see itScratchings rattle above an upstairs lintel in early April and I think little of it. That nest that’s been occupied for four consecutive years is being renovated, that’s all. The shadows of birds firing from gable to gable over the street, air alive with busy chatter. “But the nest has gone,” my wife says. “Those builders, last year.” I stand o
  
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• Gold Coast lake dispute: mayor denies bird beheaded by council worker

  16-06-2018 00:12 via theguardian.com
  Grisly discovery and claim of missing eggs reignite fight over Black Swan Lake The mayor of Queensland’s Gold Coast has vigorously denied allegations a council worker beheaded a bird and stole its eggs, as part of a long-running dispute over an artificial lake.Black Swan Lake in Bundall began life as a temporary pit and has since become a wellspring of local tension.Continue reading...
  
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