A study of semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar has found that calves benefit from having older...
Category - Research
Migratory birds found to be flying much higher than expected –...
Every autumn, billions of birds leave their breeding areas when the temperature drops and food gets...
Pioneering method of assessing rewilding progress applied for...
Scientists from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther...
Large herbivores can reduce fire risks
The use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires, especially...
Why the changing colour of our streetlights could be a danger...
Life on Earth has evolved alongside predictable cycles of day and night. But this pattern has...
Cities are making mammals bigger
A new study shows urbanisation is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of...
Birds’ eye size reflects habitat and diet, may predict...
A new study shows the eye size of birds can reveal broad patterns of their biology and behaviour...
Nature-impoverished grouse moors cover over three-quarters of a...
More than three-quarters of a million acres of Britain’s national parks are covered by intensively...
Monks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field...
In the archive of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology there is a typed note from the 1960s...
Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates...
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut...