Light Pollution Confuses Coastal Woodlouse

Light Pollution Confuses Coastal Woodlouse

Eurasia Review

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Artificial night-time light confuses a colour-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows.

The sea slater is an inch-long woodlouse that lives around the high-tide line and is common in the UK and Europe.

Sea slaters forage at night and can change colour to blend in and conceal themselves from predators.

The new...

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