In a blog for the LRB, Robert Hanks notes that grey squirrels round Hackney used to be timid, but now are evolving:
into larger, more aggressive animals, spurred on by a diet rich in our discarded protein. I watch one squatting on a bin, food clutched in its little hands, glaring back at me, and it hardly feels like nature at all.
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
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As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the
country’s health agencies are ramping up surveillance efforts and working
to deve...
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