Tropical forests globally are being lost at a rate of 61,000 square miles a year. And despite...
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Restoring tropical forests isn’t meaningful if those...
Fluttering toward extinction: butterfly numbers down by two...
Together with a German/Polish team, Senckenberg scientist Thomas Schmitt studied the effects of...
When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters
Scientists studying monarch butterflies have traditionally focused on two sources for their decline...
The terror of climate change is transforming young...
Today, at least 50 rallies planned across Australia are expected to draw thousands of students who...
Animal carcasses were source of river nutrients
Hundreds of years ago, when the number of animals roaming North America was much higher than it is...
The why, what and where of the world’s black leopards
A black leopard was recently spotted in Kenya’s Laikipia area by San Diego Zoo scientist, Nicholas...
Chimpanzees lose their behavioural and cultural diversity
Chimpanzees are well known for their extraordinary diversity of behaviours, with some behaviours...
The dingo is a true-blue, native Australian species
Of all Australia’s wildlife, one stands out as having an identity crisis: the dingo. But our recent...
How new species arise in the sea
How can a species split into several new species if they still live close to each other and are...
Here’s how Britain’s changing weather is affecting...
The Beast from the East, a polar vortex which brought freezing conditions to the UK, arrived on...
Researchers discover the secret to bats’ immunity
An international research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, has identified molecular...
Researchers get to the bottom of fairy circles
Fairy circles are round gaps in arid grassland that are distributed very uniformly over the...
Zebra’s stripes are a no fly zone for flies
Zebras are famous for their contrasting black and white stripes – but until very recently no one...
Great white shark genome decoded
The great white shark is one of the most recognized marine creatures on Earth, generating...