Why are Cat Ba Langurs important and why should we care if this species goes extinct? No wildlife exists unless its ancestors lived in harmony with their surroundings for millions …
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Nature-based solutions are messy and unpredictable but it’s okay
Nature-based solutions are messy. You already know this … just look at a building site. Humans are animals and like every other creature on the planet, it’s in our nature …
What effect does stress have on animals? More than you can imagine. Recently, scientists have started to identify the major cause of stress in animals and what they’ve discovered might …
The annals of conservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates a habitable planet …
Here I pick out three key ways wildlife will save our food and climate systems. The first thing to understand about carbon is that storage is only one part of …
Geo-engineering world climate: five plans that will end civilisation and one that won’t #ecoalchemy
What happens when science meets the sci-fi urges of tech-billionaires? We could be about to find out and the results aren’t likely to be good for humanity. Geo-engineering world climate …
I always wanted to do a book review of Ring of Bright Water because it was the work that inspired much of my life’s wonderment of animals. I carried the …
It’s a tough job conserving wild animals. The owners of Artemis Station know this better than most. For years, Artemis have been custodians, responsible for saving the rare Golden-shouldered Parrot. …
Book review of Novacene I was introduced to James Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis at University in the mid-1990s. Even back then, his theory that Earth was a self-regulating biosphere, was identified …
How many animals does an ecosystem need? There is an article on the Australian Academy of Science blog titled ‘What would happen if a fish went extinct on the Great …