New report finds Darwin Harbour biodiversity, rare species rival those of famous Ningaloo Reef
The diverse range of rare species in the “ecologically unique” Darwin Harbour rivals that of the World Heritage-protected…
Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire
As noise levels rise, whales reduce their diving activity—effectively entering a forced fasting period that weakens them over…
Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice
Bánki, O. et al. Catalogue of Life (2025-11-16 XR) (Catalogue of Life Foundation, 2025); https://doi.org/10.48580/dgvbl. Miralles, A. et…
Choreographing Lagos: Dele Adeyemo on Dance, Cosmology, and Spatial Practices
The Cosmogony of (Racial) Capitalism. Image Courtesy of Dele Adeyemo Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
Australian grey-headed flying fox economic and ecological value of poo revealed
Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed their poo could…
Accelerating coral assisted evolution to keep pace with climate change
Costanza, R. et al. Changes in the global value of ecosystem services. Glob. Environ. Change 26, 152–158 (2014).…
A variety of jungle animals all use one type of tree as a latrine
A northern tamandua – a kind of anteater – using the fig tree latrine Tropical Canopy Ecology Project…
Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate
Anthony, M. A., Bender, S. F. & van der Heijden, M. G. A. Enumerating soil biodiversity. Proc. Natl…
Marine protected areas marginally offset anthropogenic declines in tropical reef fish contributions to nature and people
Carson, R. Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 1962). Hallmann, C. A. et al. More than 75 percent decline over…
Mapping and revealing the tree biodiversity of the Brazilian Cerrado through biome-wide sampling efforts
Díaz, S., Fargione, J., Iii, F. S. C. & Tilman, D. Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being. PLOS Biol.…
Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived the mass extinction…
The Technosphere: ArchDaily’s March Editorial Focus
Collapse of the Brumadinho iron ore tailings dam in Brazil, January 2019. Source imagery © Maxar Technologies –…