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Looking at the roll call of Linnean Medal winners is to witness the history of natural history, taxonomy, and nature conservation since Darwin. The medal is tangential to the orbit of the Nobel Prize – more international and human-centric with few famous naturalists (excluding those in the Peace Prize category) and those mostly from 1973, […]
SHARE One of the world’s most invasive species has been found in the UAE for the first time. The Giant African Land Snail, which grows up to 20cm long, was discovered in Al Wathba on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city. The creature may have arrived on imported plant material, and although there is no record yet of it elsewhere in the country, experts said eliminating invasive species can be difficult. In a new study, scientists analysed nine snails collected last year. They lay a lot of eggs and produce a lot of offspring, so their populations will increase in size quite rapidly