Bodies of water and human bodies both harbor communities of microorganisms that make up the microbiome. Although healthy microbiomes are difficult to define, unhealthy microbiomes are easier to spot. Microbial imbalance, or dysbiosis, affects human and ecosystem health.
Horses are, without a doubt, a hugely significant part of human culture and history. Horses were and in many places still are are an omnipresent part of life. People have a lot of feelings about them. here?
It’s been an awful week for the environment. If you’ve missed some of the news from the past four or five days, congratulations. But since climate-related depression is a very real thing, and there ARE always some success stories out there regarding the climate and our planet’s biodiversity, I thought I’d take this chance to share some positive stories from around the world.
Parasites have been historically overlooked in community ecology, and in this post I pose some ways to better things going forward
If we write about our statistical methods behind our ecology work, and none of our readers understand it, have we really communicated at all?
While climate change often dominates news headlines, the fact remains that currently the majority of damage being done to the world’s ecosystems is a product of the way we use land. With that in mind, I spoke to Professor Francesca Verones of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology earlier this year. We discussed why communicating the problems with land use change can be a challenge, and why changing our habits is hard, but necessary.
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,
This week guest author Dr. Tara Stewart Merrill tells us all about her recent paper investigating how infection progresses in Daphnia.
Perspectives on science, wildlife, travel and all things fascinating on our little blue dot
The Fisheries Blog: Your weekly spot for fun and engaging articles written by fish scientists from around the globe.
Boldly going where no forest ecologist has gone before
Discovering Dynamic Distributions - The virtual lab around Jonas Lembrechts
Don't need to be cool to be kind.
Bridging the gap between researchers, practitioners and policymakers
The Plankton and Policy Research Group at Plymouth University. PI: Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
