By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should keep your distance
A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent example of how trying to help wild animals often harms them.
June 30, 2023 • ~11 min
Here's how much water it takes to make a serving of beef – and why where it comes from is so important
Climate change threatens longer and more severe droughts. What will it mean for our diets?
June 26, 2023 • ~8 min
Dog detectives can sniff out protected great crested newts and reduce costly construction delays
Great crested newts cause expensive delays to construction – trained sniffer dogs may offer a solution.
June 26, 2023 • ~6 min
To see how smoke affects endangered orangutans, we studied their voices during and after massive Indonesian wildfires
Orangutans are vocal animals, so analyzing their calls during events like wildfires can indicate how smoke is affecting their health.
June 22, 2023 • ~10 min
Light pollution is taking the sparkle out of glow-worm mating
Artificial light is making it harder for male glow-worms to find bioluminescent females.
June 13, 2023 • ~6 min
Of mice and matriarchs: the female led societies of the animal kingdom
If you think relationships between male and female animals are simple, it’s time to have a rethink.
June 13, 2023 • ~8 min
Why we're 'interviewing' captive birds to find the best to release into the wild
Our experiments with the critically endangered Bail myna showed some birds are bolder than others.
June 9, 2023 • ~7 min
While humans were in strict lockdown, wild mammals roamed further – new research
Researchers tracked 2,300 wild mammals during the strict 2020 lockdowns and found they moved 73% further than in the previous year.
June 8, 2023 • ~6 min
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