Lorn, Australia Residents Say Flying Foxes Ruining Their Lives

It’s wonderful to see nature up close, like on a walk through the woods. But sometimes nature can get too close.

Case in point: in the Australian community of Lorn, a colony of flying foes – a kind of bat – has moved in and started to multiply.

Residents reportedly are so concerned that they’re thinking about closing the local school and keeping everyone indoors.

“We are environmentally conscious people here in Lorn,” an anti-flying fox activist was quoted as saying. “We don’t want the bats killed, just moved to a more appropriate area.”

Would you want them?
 

To learn more, check out this Newcastle Hearald article.

How Weird is This? – Climate Change Seems to Make Lizards Smarter

It’s not a question you’re likely to ask, but researchers in Australia did.

And because they did, we now know that climate change appears to make lizards smarter.

What good is it to know that? You decide. Personally, Earth Preservers thinks it’s cool knowing that lizards, if they are allowed to incubate in warmer surroundings, may be as smart as birds.

Not that it will do them much good in the long run. Scientists believe that climate change may wipe out one out of every five species of lizard in the world – some four or five in total.

To find out more, read this story from Mongabay.com.