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Welcome back to ClickBiologyHere is another good topic for the AS essay. Hedgehogs, originally introduced as a biological control, have themselves become a pest. Lots of prickly issues around whether to cull or relocate. Again from the Guardian Environment pages: Hebridean Hedgehogs: A prickly issue Tweet This Post

Asian carp are an invasive species in the American Great Lakes that is causing widespread devastation to the indigenous species. Below is a link to an article in the Guardian (and scroll down for other associated links) plus an audio file. News article: Terminator Carp Audio: gdnenv100224tmed-pilkington Tweet This Post

Recently in the UK there has been a growth in private health care companies offering CT and MRI scans as part of general health checks. However, there has been some doubt as to whether thse are beneficial to healthy patients. Indeed that the suggestion of increased risk of cancer due the high radiation experienced has [...]

The issues surrounding the development of the genetically modified rice, golden rice, maybe a useful topic for the AS coursework essay. Rather than discussion of GM foods in general a look at this particular food, and the campaign and controls against it, provides a rich source of discussion. Golden rice has been modified to produce [...]

I have just read an article discussing the presumed devastating effect wind farms have on the bird and bat populations. The article does accept the assertions that the turbines do cause death but then discusses faults in the studies that produce these conclusions. The article then discusses the authors own research, which investigates the different [...]