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Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (657+ words) Squinting through my binoculars, I scanned the dense branches of a black spruce, trying my best to catch a glimpse of the thin legs of a small black, white and yellow songbird. I was on the hunt for a yellow-rumped…...
How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (807+ words) Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green. Here in south-west England, an animal that was made extinct in Britain in the…...
How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (913+ words) When you think of conservation in Australia, chances are you’ll think of a national park. But there’s another fast-growing way of conserving land: Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). These areas of land or sea Country are voluntarily dedicated by Traditional Owners…...
How brainless sea sponges use sunset as a cue to prepare for metamorphosis
1+ week, 1+ day ago (422+ words) Sea sponges are some of the world’s simplest animals – but even so, the rhythm of night and day kicks off a crucial stage of their life cycle....
Ecological collapse in the world’s largest mangrove forest is a preview of what’s to come
1+ week, 5+ day ago (717+ words) The first thing that struck us wasn’t the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in the delta where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal. We…...
Iconic Australian mammals could be at real risk from bird flu. Could we protect them using vaccines in baits?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (944+ words) The deadly rabies virus was once common across Europe. A bite from an infected dog, wolf or fox could be fatal. But then came a breakthrough: an edible vaccine. Since 1978, a billion baits containing the vaccine have been distributed by…...
Australia’s lizards and snakes are in far more trouble than we thought. It’s time to act
2+ week, 3+ day ago (552+ words) Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought....
‘Frequently fumigate the hen-houses’: how ancient Greeks and Romans tried to treat sick birds
2+ week, 3+ day ago (837+ words) Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was first confirmed in Australian wild birds in June, it has rapidly spread around the continent – and among different species. The virus has been linked to the deaths of more than 1,000 crested terns in…...
Africa’s herbarium collections are a scientific treasure. They need to be digitised before more biodiversity is lost
2+ week, 3+ day ago (754+ words) Universities and biodiversity institutes have hidden treasures: their collections of pressed plant specimens. These are plants that have been flattened, dried and mounted on special cardboard sheets. Some of them were collected centuries ago. They hold information about where species…...
Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex geologic history
2+ week, 5+ day ago (578+ words) My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rivers and streams across the region and collected…...