What doesn’t kill a soil microbe makes it stronger

Community conservation in Ghana has evolved, but policy and funding need to catch up

Ghana’s community conservation areas protect forests and wildlife while supporting rural livelihoods, but weak laws and funding threaten their future.

Life in the Last Ice Age, as Told by Squirrel Scat

Ancient DNA, preserved for 700,000 years in ground squirrel poop, offers a new view of Pleistocene ecology. The post Life in the Last Ice Age, as Told by Squirrel Scat appeared first on bioGraphic.

AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?

The use of artificial intelligence tools is among the top emerging issues in biodiversity conservation.

Save The Lammermuirs

The Lammermuirs are one of Scotland’s most treasured rural landscapes, known for their wildlife, open moorland, dark skies, hill farming, heritage and tranquillity. This morning, Benjamin Myers wrote to us with news of plans to build an industrial-scale data centre on them. Dear landscape-loving writers and friends, For 13 years I’ve been lucky enough to […]

This creature was dubbed the Sasquatch of the sea. Scientists just found it.

A decade after they vanished from the ocean, the discovery of this lost colony of sunflower sea stars offers new hope for California's kelp forests.

The quiet push to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits