Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws – here’s why that matters for conservation

The findings echo Charles Darwin’s research with finches nearly two centuries ago.

Philip Cox, Associate Professor in Anatomy, UCL • conversation
Jan. 15, 2025 • ~6 min

Lynx in Scotland: why illegal attempts to reintroduce lost species are surprisingly common

Guerrilla rewilders want to atone for past extinctions and create more vibrant ecosystems.

Hanna Pettersson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York • conversation
Jan. 14, 2025 • ~9 min

How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment

Enforcing environmental laws isn’t a job that makes people popular. But polls show that Americans generally want more environmental protection, not less.

Stan Meiburg, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University • conversation
Jan. 10, 2025 • ~10 min

Many species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse – new study

Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.

Joseph Williamson, Research Fellow in Biological Responses to Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 9, 2025 • ~6 min

Species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse

Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.

Joseph Williamson, Research Fellow in Biological Responses to Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 9, 2025 • ~6 min

A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study

Scientists have assessed more than 23,000 species.

Iwan Jones, Freshwater Ecologist and Head of the River Communities Group, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
Jan. 8, 2025 • ~6 min

Oysters once crowded Europe’s coast – here’s how we discovered these long-forgotten reefs

Historical records describe a very different seafloor to the ones we see today.

Philine zu Ermgassen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Zoology, University of Edinburgh • conversation
Jan. 3, 2025 • ~8 min

Federal protection for monarch butterflies could help or harm this iconic species, depending on how it’s carried out

Will protecting monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act improve their chance of surviving? Not necessarily, 2 entomologists caution.

Michael Crossley, Assistant Professor / Agricultural Entomologist, University of Delaware • conversation
Dec. 19, 2024 • ~9 min

Wolves with a taste for nectar? How we discovered the first large carnivore that pollinates flowers

The Ethiopian wolf – Africa’s most endangered carnivore – has been found feeding on nectar.

Sandra Lai, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 18, 2024 • ~7 min

Three promising outcomes from the world’s first official summit to conserve and restore mangroves

Experts are calling for the end of human-driven mangrove loss, a doubling of the area of mangroves with effective conservation status, and the restoration of half of recently lost mangroves.

William Austin, Professor in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews • conversation
Dec. 13, 2024 • ~9 min

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