Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

Thayara S. Carrasco, Catalina Pimiento, Tiago B. Quental, Pedro L. Godoy This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. The fossil record documen…

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Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...

The high position of megafauna among the hunting prey of humans in South America reinforces their central role in extinctions.

We investigated how the outcome of previous reproductive attempts impacted the materials and structure of nests built by wild blue tits. Nests with more in

Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in Portugal

Some farmers fear the reintroduction of the UK's biggest bird of prey will threaten their livestock.

This study investigates the technological strategies and morphological variability of unifacial tools from the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia, thro…

Study identified eight areas that can sustain a population and government has given £1m for recovery programme

The UK's largest bird charity has issued new guidance advising people to stop using feeders to help wildlife thrive.

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

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The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, until now known only through fossils, have been rediscovered.

Many large herbivores that once roamed modern-day Panama have declined or died out—including the 6-meter-long giant ground sloth and elephant-related creatures called Cuvieronius. New research suggest...

Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

The timing and ecological consequences of Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in Central America remain poorly resolved, limiting our understanding…

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants