The image of stress: Detecting stress in animals using thermal imaging

  • The image of stress: Detecting stress in animals using thermal imaging

    • May 30, 2018
      • Blog
      • WorldLabs
    • WorldLabs Team

    It’s not just humans that get stressed: animals do too. Predators, human disturbance, and food availability can all cause physiological changes in animals. How do you measure the effect of stress on an animal? Researchers at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow…

  • Are pine martens red squirrel’s best friends?

    • May 3, 2018
      • Blog
      • WorldLabs
    • WorldLabs Team

    Pine martens are cat sized predators that eat red squirrels. Curiously, wherever there is healthy population of pine martens, red squirrels are thriving. Dr Emma Sheehy from the University of Aberdeen is looking into this strange phenomenon. By Elizabeth Thomsen In the early 2000s there was a surprising rumour among…