A paper just published in the journal Ecography identifies the impact of animals on global ecosystem processes. Researchers used data from the International Union for the ConservationWhy is animal conservation …
Will humans survive the next hundred years? This is one of the more common questions I get asked. The benefit of understanding how nature works and its unyielding power is …
The scale, magnitude and intensity of animal impactWhat is Animal Impact? Without wildlife, Earth would not be habitable for humans, because it’s animals that stabilise ecosystems. It’s a fundamental law of …
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Coevolution explains the mystery of animal migration
The other day I was listening to an ABC show talking about the miracles of migration. Always we cut to a technical explanation of how animals navigate. Barely ever do …
Are you are among the fifty per cent of humans who live near the coast? If so, you inhabit a zone, that constantly channels water from the sea to land …
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Sea urchin barrens, how to rebuild an ecosystem without killing it
In this blog I want to talk about sea urchin barrens and how to rebuild an ecosystem. These are the among the reasons I won’t personally be killing sea urchins …
Right now in the media there is a rather sinister campaign being run. The Great Barrier Reef is said to be ‘thriving’ because it is spawning. Coral reefs have spawned …
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Cloud albedo pollution and seabirds
A study just came out with former NASA climate scientist James Hansen. Therein, he warns that a reduction in the amount of atmospheric pollution could lead to an acceleration in …
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How do Sperm Whales catch squid? Five curious adaptations.
One of my favourite books is Sperm Whales by Hal Whitehead. Reading this rounded off a lifetime of fascination with the species. Sperm Whales are one of the biggest animals …
When I was thirteen years old, the BBC made a nature series called Supersense that explored the miracle of animal senses. It helped sparked my interest in the natural world …