The latest wildlife, ecology and conservation news
2018 didn’t have the best start in nature… The U.S. suffered some freakish cold weather, Cape Town was on the verge of running out of water, and iceberg A-68 broke off from Antarctica...
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For years, and years I have been exposed to depressing and shocking articles, journals, lectures, films, and documentaries about the destruction of our planet. The older I got the more terrifying my future...
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When we talk about climate change, we often focus on the large-scale changes, such as those related to global temperature and rising sea levels. If animals come into the conversation, it’s usually in...
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April 22, 1970. 20 million American citizens take to the streets, parks, public buildings and anywhere else that will house them to publicly demonstrate their contempt for their governments current environmental policy, to...
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I’ve seen it said that veganism is a white person’s movement, or that poor people can’t afford to care about climate change. I’ve also seen people I admire greatly do good work for...
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Fish need conditions to be just right to be healthy. If their aquatic environments change too drastically, large numbers of them can die unexpectedly, a phenomenon known as a fish kill. Recently, we’ve...
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Across the seasons, animal migrations, periods of hibernation, and the metamorphic life cycles of insects play a vital role in ecosystem functioning, resulting in a cyclical transfer of nutrients and energy. They also...
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I currently have a male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in my back garden, he has been there for at least two weeks now, probably longer. Every time I see him he is either rummaging...
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BBC Springwatch presenter Martin Hughes Games has accused Planet Earth 2 of being “a disaster for wildlife” in a recent Guardian article which has sparked a bit of a debate. He has labelled...
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For nature lovers Attenborough documentaries are the pinnacle of conservation inspiration. They are however much more than that as they create a time when discussing wildlife and nature becomes the ‘hot’ topic and...
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