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 …
Oceans
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 …
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 …
Life is serendipitous as we’re all victims of circumstance, born into our local environment. The Galápagos Penguins’ Pacific climate deal ensures that it can survive but only just. This animal …
Last week I had a rare encounter with Paper Nautilus in the shallows of Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia. It was a rather sad event. Every seven years or …
Animals don’t compete with humans and successful animals don’t compete with each other. Competition theory may be one of ecology’s failures. It’s not that it’s incorrect. It describes one mechanism …
Deep sea mining is an ocean climate catastrophe because of the release of thousands of years of ecosystem-disrupting chemicals into the oceans. Would you be surprised if I told you, …
It’s World Coral Triangle Day and I am going to take a different look at this vital region by examining the global scale and intensity of its Animal ImpactWhat is …
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 …
Seaspiracy on Netflix: a review. The reaction from marine scientists is baffling.