SEEN 8.7

From Jack Dicks (thank you, Jack) – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/education-42243879/lost-words-as-children-stay-indoors

Jack says” It is a sad reality i have started to notice myself…. 🙁 . Swedish children learn about nature from a young age for example what mushrooms they can pick and eat etc. Some Amazonian tribes have up to 300 words for the colour green which opens up a whole new world of perceiving the things around us!”

Social learning in birds http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/yuck-video-reveals-how-birds-share-knowledge-disgusting-foods-and-help-insects-evolve?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=yuck-17225

From Rob Knott (thank you, Rob) – Rob says “I found this article for SEEN about robins, thought it’d be a really good way of convincing everyone that they really are awesome…!”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/19/birdwatch-the-robin-is-one-of-our-most-familiar-birds-yet-it-can-still-surprise-us

A lot of entomology research could be impossible to replicate https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01541-0

Evolutionary change is taking place a lot faster than Darwin thought http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01400-y

Transboundary conservation project using birds of prey https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01388-5