Check your pet for lumps regularly, and don’t wait to seek treatment, is the vet’s advice. A lump can be completely harmless - or painful for the animal and expensive for the pet owner.
SwedenThere were almost 320,000 moose in Sweden before the start of last year’s hunting season, 18.5 percent more than three years earlier.
SwedenSwedish wolves have a high degree of inbreeding, and the population needs new blood. But of the 44 wolves that have immigrated from Finland and Russia, only eleven have reached the breeding areas of the wolf population. Even fewer have produced pups.
SwedenResearchers have studied the personalities of Swedish moose for the first time and identified both bold and timid individuals.
SwedenIn large parts of the country, mushroom pickers have so far had to go home with empty baskets. The mushroom season is delayed in southern and central Sweden, but after a slightly wetter period, porcini mushrooms are now starting to appear.
SwedenIn several parts of the country, trees have had autumn colours since mid-August. But it has nothing to do with the season arriving, but is a response to the dry summer. The trees do not show the colours out of joy and say "thank you for this season", but are acting to deal with a stressful situation, says researcher Henrik Sjöman.
SwedenMore than 2,500 signal crayfish in Lake Hjälmaren have been fitted with a small yellow plastic tag around their waist. The tag will help scientists understand why so many crayfish do not grow large.
SwedenThe time for crayfish platters is here and this year’s conditions for crayfish fishing look good. But the Swedish river crayfish is critically endangered - and the crayfish platter itself may be a tradition that is slowly disappearing.
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