In most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, ...

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows

I find it amazing that, when they depart on autumn migration, juvenile waders can be faced with a journey of hundreds or thousands of kilometres. In the latest phase of their Oystercatcher studies …

Researchers should move from characterising factors impacting scientific evidence use to identifying and testing interventions to facilitate its use by conservation decision makers. Since these facto....

Areas of Iceland that have experienced high volcanic ash deposition can accommodate up to three times as many breeding waders. When Tómas Gunarsson began his PhD at the University of East Anglia on…

Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency

Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology

A $1-million gift from Margaret Atwood in honour of her longtime partner will create the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology at Western.

Behavioral neuroscience; Ecology; Transcriptomics

Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

When Camilo Carneiro and colleagues started to write a 2026 paper about global movements of Whimbrel, in 2024, there was just one species. By the time they finished there were two, with the America…