A little known insect rewilding project happened this week in Melbourne Australia. Several thousand Key’s Matchstick Grasshoppers were introduced into Royal Park. Rewilding is modern conservationWhy is animal conservation important? …
A European Robin feeds a caterpillar to its chick. A common sight in English gardens, this epitomises animal impactWhat is Animal Impact? Without wildlife, Earth would not be habitable for …
Posters in Scotland have conservationists all of a flutter. They claim that seagulls pollute the sea. The answer to the question: ‘Can seagulls pollute the sea?’ is, yes, in theory. …
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 …
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 …
