Population

Environment

Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago | Crocodiles

The growing saltwater crocodile population in the Northern Territory has led to the creatures gorging on nine times more prey…

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Environment

Butterfly population in US shrinking by 22% over last 20 years, study shows | US news

Butterflies may be among the most beloved of all creatures, routinely deified in art and verse, but they are in…

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Health

New study reveals Neanderthals experienced population crash 110,000 years ago

A new study by an international team of scholars, including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, suggests…

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Health

New study unravels the history of the largest pastoral population in Africa

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral populations. The study reveals…

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Real Estate

Dog population underestimated by four million

The UK dog population was as high as 13 million in 2019 – up to four million higher than previously…

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World

Polar bear population decline the direct result of extended ‘energy deficit’ due to lack of food

U of T Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking…

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Politics

Net migration to push UK population to 72.5m, ONS projects

Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News AFP via Getty Images Figures suggest UK population could grow by almost five million over…

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World

Rethinking population management in zoos

Unlike animals in the wild, animals in zoos are not limited by food shortages or predators, allowing individuals to live…

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Environment

Shooters to target feral cats in NSW national parks amid boom in population | Invasive species

A five-person team of expert shooters will soon target feral cats in New South Wales national parks as the state…

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World

Insights into South African population history from 10,000-year-old human DNA

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology…

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