Our species’ obsession with controlling nature is almost overwhelming. But one animal can never force an outcome. No matter how hard we try, our efforts to create ecosystemsHow ecosystems function …
The greatest aggregations of megafaunaThe largest animals that represent the top of the trophic pyramid. These are the final building blocks in ecosystem structures for maximum entropy production. Megafauna can …
Snails ate my letter from Sir David Attenborough! The airmail envelope was sandwiched between glossy election pamphlets and moisture from a day of rain had added red ink stains to …
The Australian Institute of Marine Sciences claimed to be the first to demonstrate the role of fisheries in crown-of-thorns outbreaks. The fact that fish control starfish on the Great Barrier …
After hearing Michael Pollan interviewed recently I acquired a copy of his book This is Your Mind on Plants. Pollan describes three substances that have had profound impacts on culture …
I had the most extraordinary encounter the other day which got me thinking. Can we talk to animals through body language? It was in Melbourne over Easter. We decided to …
Many animals are present temporarily, like migratory birds or even wildebeest, while insects and rodents are tiny and fastidious. Aardvarks on the other hand are ancient. Indeed, there are fossil …
Thank you Rod Holden for sharing this paper from The Lancet last week. The piece is titled ‘National responsibility for ecological breakdown: a fair-shares assessment of resource use‘. It identifies …
Amazing and vital work on koala conservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates …
