SEEN 7.3

Jack Dicks says “http://theblackfish.org/uk/ A charity i do lots of work with to try to put an end to illegal fishing… they are always looking for new volunteers to help at events or they are looking especially for “Citizen inspectors” to go to Europe and spy on illegal catches, gather evidence and help file law complaints against that illegal fishery. It is a new and pretty cool charity where you can actually join in and help do something!” – thank you Jack!

Georgia Harper says “the Royal Entomological Society is having its annual student awards, and is looking for ‘undergraduates and postgraduates to write an 800 word article on an entomological topic of interest to the general public and in popular style’. All of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will all win cash prizes and be published in the journal Antenna! Closing date is 31st December 2016, and you can enter at www.royensoc.co.uk/student/awards.htm” – thank you Georgia!

Loss of insect species http://www.nature.com/news/the-insect-crisis-we-can-t-ignore-1.20948 does conservation focus too much on fluffy animals?

Swifts’ feet hardly touch the ground http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/swift-bird-10-month-migration/

Ticklish rats show where the tickle centre of the brain is http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/watch-these-ticklish-rats-laugh-and-jump-joy

Community-level effects of rapid experimental warming and consumer loss outweigh effects of rapid ocean acidification – new Oikos blog post https://oikosjournal.wordpress.com/

Why seabirds each plastic, its smell http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37926733

British red squirrels are infected with leprosy http://phys.org/news/2016-11-red-squirrels-british-isles-infected.html