Why is ocean conservation important? The temperature, chemistry and nutrientA substance that contains the raw materials for life. At a chemical level, these are contained inside compounds that are absorbed …
EcosystemsHow ecosystems function An ecosystem is a community of lifeforms that interact in such an optimal way that how ecosystems function best, is when all components (including humans and other …
A paper just published in the Journal of Animal Ecology [1] looks at how sharks scare dugongs and increase seagrass in a tropical environment. While their modelThe process, either mathematically …
When it comes to nature it seems, the more we learn, the less we know. Beaked whales are a group of cetaceans (the collective name for whales and dolphins) that make …
BiodiversityWhat is the definition of biodiversity? When we ask, what is the definition of biodiversity? It depends on what we want to do with it. The term is widely and …
I’ve been asked, is the ocean more important than land? This really depends on your context (as I discussed in this previous blog “Is the Ocean or Land more Important?“). …
At a time when much of the world is busy rewilding, some Australia’s conservationists want to kill millions of kangaroos including Red Kangaroo, the country’s largest remaining megafaunaThe largest animals …
It’s certainly exciting times to be writing on this topic. First off, a big shout out to the /r/ecology /r/nature and /r/megafaunarewilding threads on Reddit. The discussions and content are …
Science Daily recently published a piece titled “Study challenges ecology’s ‘Field of Dreams’ hypothesis”. The hypothesis, put simply, is if you build a habitat, the animals will come. The article …
The ABC’s Landline program published an article last week on the rise of Plague Locusts in Australia. This forecast the possibility of the worst plagues since the 1970s. There was …
