Rarest Monkeys Now Number Close to 2,000 Thanks to One Man’s Jane Goodall-like Passion
A golden snub-nosed monkey in Tanjiahe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province – credit, David Blank CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.…
Reporter unveils strategy for ‘scrollytelling’ feature on microplastics
Microplastics. Photo by European Commission (CC BY 4.0) On July 28, The Guardian published a digital “scrollytelling” feature…
European cisco – genetic adaptation to variation in salinity and spawning time
Many people view European cisco roe as a delicacy. A new study has shown that there are different…
Florida bear harvest permit applications open Friday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Bear harvest permit applications for the 2025 season open on Friday. Applications for Florida’s…
Fears for K’gari as researchers compile database of species on Australian islands
A groundbreaking study of hundreds of Australian islands has exposed the threats posed to K’gari (Fraser Island) and…
Food impacts on species extinction risks can vary by three orders of magnitude
Variation in the opportunity cost of food production Animal products generally have substantially greater impacts on species extinction…
Warming seas may halve key phytoplankton species’ population in tropical oceans
SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive…
Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation
McClenachan, L., Cooper, A. B., McKenzie, M. G. & Drew, J. A. The importance of surprising results and…
60% of Earth’s Land Now Outside “Safe Zone”
A new global study warns that most of Earth’s land is already beyond safe ecological limits, with far-reaching…
Landmark conservation effort protects nearly 3,000 acres of Ohio’s Appalachian foothills
ATHENS, Ohio (WSYX) — In a historic conservation effort, Athens Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy have joined forces…
Organic matter degradation by oceanic fungi differs between polar and non-polar waters
Cavicchioli, R. et al. Scientists’ warning to humanity: Microorganisms and climate change. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 17, 569–586 (2019).…
Towards positive net outcomes for biodiversity, and developing safeguards to accompany headline biodiversity indicators
Biodiversity impact calculations Our focal biodiversity metric is based on LCIA approaches, as is current good practice for…