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By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News The recent attack by a captive orca on its trainer at a SeaWorld facility in Orlando, Florida has again raised questions about our relationship with these top marine predators. No-one knows what triggered the latest incident, and experts agree that is almost imp ...

Young women are being exploited and subjected to sexual violence as a result of gang reprisals, according to a report. Interviews with more than 350 women and girls by the charity Race on the Agenda revealed the use of rape to punish girl gang members and relatives of rivals. The women and girls interviewed were all associated with gangs in London. Report author Carlene Firmin said rape was being used "as a weapon of choice" and few services were equipped to help. She described o ...

Further research by the team has also revealed why the two frogs, similar in so many ways, are sexually very different. The variable poison frog lays its eggs in much bigger pools of water, five times as large on average than those used by the mimic poison frog. Also, the female plays no part in their raising, leaving their care to the male frog only. When the researchers moved tadpoles from both species into different sized pools, they found that the tadpoles grew quickly in the larger po ...