Species Spotlight: Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus

Love it or loathe it, the Wood Pigeon is a most extraordinary creature. While almost every other farmland bird in Britain is declining, numbers of Columba palumbus continue to soar. According to Bird Atlas 2007-11, it occupies virtually every 10km square within Britain and Ireland with the exception of the higher montane zones of Scotland, […]

Scent Glands: The Cat Language You’ll Never Understand

Every animal has scent glands, from humans to insects. Humans are the only ones who don’t use them as a form of communication. That is, unless it’s so subtle that it’s nearly undetectable. For cats, scent glands form a very complex and colorful (aromaful?) language — one that humans, with their limited ability to grasp their […]

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