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“Silverman first noticed the picky eaters in a Florida kitchen in the 1980s, when a killer product stopped working and cockroach populations continued to rise. Researchers found that many of the insects had lost their sweet tooth and were rejecting the corn syrup flavouring meant to attract them.”

Almost two thirds of British species have declined in the past 50 years and one in 10 faces the risk of extinction from our shores, according to an extensive new report into the state of Britain’s nature.

Turtle doves have declined by 93 per cent since 1970 - a decline that follows the pattern of many farmland birds affected by changing habitats and agricultural practices. Hedgehogs have seen rapid decline, with numbers declining by a third in this century alone, with urban development and intensive agriculture blamed. Meanwhile the small tortoise shell butterfly, once common, has declined by 77 per cent in just 10 years thanks to a string of cold, wet summers and loss of habitat.

A northern B.C. wildlife shelter is offering the public a chance to get up close and personal with a bear cub before it is released into the wild. Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter, based in Smithers, has 32 black bears ready to be released in June after being successfully raised at the shelter.