To find out how migratory birds find their way, sparrows were translocated from autumn stopovers along the Dutch North Sea coast to Switzerland (red, 1948–1957) and Spain (blue, 1959–1962). Source: Biology Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0217 Young, naive starlings search for their wintering areas independently of experienced conspecifics. Starlings are very social birds all year round, … Read more
Is making extra money by listing your spare room on Airbnb as easy as it seems? Reporter Megan Harwood-Baynes tried it – here’s her guide. By means of Megan Harwood-Baynes, Digital Investigations Reporter @megbaynes Tuesday June 18, 2024 07:55, UK It’s 9pm on a Tuesday and a stranger from Shanghai is cooking in my kitchen. … Read more
It’s 9pm on a Tuesday and a stranger from Shanghai is cooking in my kitchen. I don’t speak Chinese, and she doesn’t speak much English, so we both had to mimic when she asked me where I kept the knives and salt. I had only met this woman 24 hours earlier, but she is staying … Read more