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1. Genetics plays huge part in animal migration - study

   Reindeer from one 'genetic ancestry' travel ten times further on average than others

2. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

3. Tropical birds' home-from-home in Liverpool

   Dr Ross McLeod, behavioural ecologist, explains why tropical parakeets have invaded the city.

4. The tropical birds that hang out with the right-looking guys

   In the world of rare tropical birds, hanging out with guys with the right looks can be the difference between life or death.

5. Scientists monitor unique 'European monkey' release

   Biologists at LJMU partner animal welfare agency, Moroccan authorities and IFAW in first release of Barbary Macaque monkeys into wild

6. Strategies for survival

   Scientists uncover why inbreeding occurs in some social species.

7. The lives of working mules: film screening and Q&A at FACT

   A POIGNANT film about the life of working mules in the Himalayas is the backdrop to an event at Liverpool FACT in March.

8. AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage

   AI from Liverpool John Moores University is being used to identify animals, plot their movements and spot wounds in a bid to help conservationists, reports New Scientist.

9. Bonobos share and share alike

   Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer’s journal Human Nature

10. Shellfish ease pain of arthritic lions

    Study found big cats walk up to 30% more after taking mussel supplements.