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We’re no strangers to love on this island | Brief letters

20-05-2025 17:58 via theguardian.com

Reflecting on Starmer’s speech | Michael Rosen’s poem | Human kindness | People over pets | Dog-friendly garden decor Thank you for the letters (16 May) about Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech. The item in John Crace’s Digested Week (16 May) on the same subject was magnificent. I also loved Michael Rosen’s poem (My Island of Strangers, 17 May). Thinking of poems, as I read Duncan Campbell’s obituary (16 May), I thought of his wife Julie C

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Bogs and dogs: Chelsea flower show puts practical gardens in spotlight

20-05-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com

Loo that makes compost with human waste and drought- and dog-friendly creations among highlights at 2025 eventFrisbees, solar panels and a toilet are among the rather unorthodox stars of the Chelsea flower show, as horticulturalists attempt to show how gardens can be practical as well as beautiful.The event, now in its 112th year, usually tends toward showcasing peonies and roses over human waste. But the Garden of the Future, designed by Matthew Butler and Josh Parker, features a lavatory that

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Video suggests capuchin monkeys ‘kidnap’ baby howler monkeys, scientists say

20-05-2025 03:25 via theguardian.com

It remains unclear why the monkeys, filmed on a Panamanian island, were taking the babies from another species Scientists have spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small Panamanian island. Capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023.“This was very much a shocking finding,” said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioural ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in

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'Monkey kidnappings': footage shows capuchin monkeys carrying baby howler monkeys – video

20-05-2025 03:21 via theguardian.com

Scientists have spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small Panamanian island. Capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. The footage showed the capuchins walking and pounding their stone tools with baby howlers on their backs. But cameras did not capture the moments of abduction, which scientists said likely happened up in the trees, where howlers spend most of their timeContinue rea

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Dogs are being trained to weed out eggs of invasive spotted lanternflies in US

20-05-2025 00:37 via theguardian.com

Researchers are deploying sniffing dogs to combat spread of leaf-hopping pests that can damage trees and fruit cropsThe spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the US a decade ago, has steadily spread across the East coast and into the midwest with little getting in its way.But now researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow its advance: specially trained dogs with the ability to sniff out the winged insect’s eggs before they hatch. Continue reading...

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