What is a desert? How do animals and plants even survive in deserts? What can we do to survive in the desert as it gets increasingly drier?

What is a desert? How do animals and plants even survive in deserts? What can we do to survive in the desert as it gets increasingly drier?
Read more »Today’s paper sheds light on a novel, emerging trophic cascade involving cougars and feral donkeys.
Read more »Wind turbines are a constant source of controversy. There have been a plethora of studies just in the last two years focussing on the impact of the turbines on birds. Yet furrier fliers often get overlooked, and it should come as no surprise that wind turbines can be a large source of mortality for bats as well. This paper looks at whether bats can adapt their behaviour to avoid the turbine.
Read more »This week has seen Europe hit by heatwaves of an intensity that would have seemed more at home in the USA’s dust bowl or Australia’s Great Red Centre. Fires have raged across Spain and France, people have been evacuated from and lost their homes, and thousands have died as temperatures seared great swathes of the continent. Is this the new norm?
Read more »Today’s paper provides a robust and general test of the importance of biotic factors in limit species’ range limits.
Read more »The reproductive strategies of fish are far more complex than you’d probably expect, and are much more varied than other animals. With so many species sharing the same spaces, some species have found different strategies to survive and reproduce, like hiding their offspring somewhere unusual or carrying them around in the parent’s mouth in order to keep the offspring safer for a longer portion of their development.
Read more »Sometimes it is hard to look at the future with optimism. We seem to be facing crises in every facet of life, be it the humanitarian, environmental or economic side.
Read more »What is a desert? How do animals and plants even survive in deserts? What can we do to survive in the desert as it gets increasingly drier?
This week has seen Europe hit by heatwaves of an intensity that would have seemed more at home in the USA’s dust bowl or Australia’s Great Red Centre. Fires have raged across Spain and France, people have been evacuated from and lost their homes, and thousands have died as temperatures seared great swathes of the continent. Is this the new norm?
The reproductive strategies of fish are far more complex than you’d probably expect, and are much more varied than other animals. With so many species sharing the same spaces, some species have found different strategies to survive and reproduce, like hiding their offspring somewhere unusual or carrying them around in the parent’s mouth in order to keep the offspring safer for a longer portion of their development.
Sometimes it is hard to look at the future with optimism. We seem to be facing crises in every facet of life, be it the
Edward H. Simpson was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, the home of Allied code-breakers during the Second World War. While you’d think this would be his claim to fame, perhaps his most lasting contribution is his description of Simpson’s paradox.
Solvin Zankl has been a full-time wildlife photographer for over 20 years. Read about how he became a photographer, how he specialized in deep-sea photography, and what his favorite animals to photograph are.
Every year after I am finished with Europe’s largest ecology conference I write a summary of my most memorable thoughts and experiences. Truth be told,
Today’s paper sheds light on a novel, emerging trophic cascade involving cougars and feral donkeys.
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The Plankton and Policy Research Group at Plymouth University. PI: Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop