Forty years of data show that migratory birds have been getting smaller Every day in the spring and...
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Birds are shrinking as the climate warms
For some corals, meals can come with a side of microplastics
Tiny microplastic particles are about as common in the ocean today as plastic is in our daily lives...
The bizarre and ecologically important hidden lives of mosquitoes
Mosquitoes. Hordes of them, buzzing in your ear and biting incessantly, a maddening nuisance...
Monkeys inform group members about threats – following...
Humans are often faced with the choice of investing in the greater good or being selfish and...
Were other humans the first victims of the sixth mass extinction?
Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals...
Nature’s secret recipe for making leaves
The secret recipe nature uses to make the diverse leaf shapes we see everywhere around us has been...
Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
As the world grapples with an extinction crisis, our large mammals are among the most endangered...
National Trust announces first beaver reintroductions
The National Trust has announced plans to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in the south of...
Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people
Plans to save biodiversity must take into account the social impacts of conservation if they are to...
Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
You’ve probably seen a lichen, even if you didn’t realise it. If you’ve ever meandered through the...
What is a ‘mass extinction’ and are we in one now?
For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to...
Bats don’t rely on gut bacteria the way humans do
Right now, there are trillions of bacteria living in your gut, making up about one percent of your...
Mammals’ complex backbones are linked to our high...
Mammals’ backbones are weird. Compared to other four-legged animals like reptiles, mammal spines...
Melting Arctic sea ice linked to emergence of deadly virus in...
Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could...