Iceland Just Got its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren’t Ready for What Comes Next
Until recently, Iceland was considered the last Arctic nation without mosquitoes. That changed in October 2025, when insect…
A bucket of NYC river water explains a lot about the Anthropocene
When Mark Stoeckle went fishing in New York City’s East River, he caught a lot more than he…
Colombia’s main river redraws the map of little-known night monkeys
A new study looks at genetic evidence to suggest that Colombia’s Magdalena River, and not the Andean…
24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining
Scientists discovered 24 new species of tiny crustaceans and an entirely new evolutionary branch from a deep…
The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity
Michalet, R. et al. Competition, facilitation and environmental severity shape the relationship between local and regional species richness…
From biodiversity to carbon capture: Saving bison from extinction has brought big benefits to Europe
The European bison is making a comeback across the continent, bringing with it a wealth of wildlife benefits.…
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…
Wildfire risk for species under climate change
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The Invasive Species Devouring North American and European Forests
The golden oyster mushroom doesn’t look like it’s capable of radically altering forests across North America and Europe.…
I need a licence to cull – The Irish Times
I’ve decided to get a licence to kill. Ireland’s native woodlands are being eaten alive by overabundant deer.…
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).…
In Laos, ancestral spirits are helping save one of the world’s rarest crocodiles
A decade-long conservation program built around local culture is restoring a globally significant population of a critically…