How pollution can alter wildlife behavior

    Desk Report: With an increasing number of factors affecting the animal behaviour, the field of behavioural toxicology is gaining traction within the environmental sciences.
    A team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth has developed new scientific tests to better understand the effects of pollution on wildlife behaviour.An organism’s behaviour is fundamentally important to their survival through feeding, finding mates and escaping predators.
    Any chemical which could interfere with these responses has the potential to impact the food chain.

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