Chagos Islands: how to ensure their coral reefs aren’t damaged as they return to Mauritius

The environmental impacts of a change in management and human activity depends on what, if any, development takes place and how it is managed.

Adam Moolna, Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability, Keele University • conversation
Oct. 9, 2024 ~6 min

‘Extinct’ snails found breeding in French Polynesia

A species of tropical tree snail is no longer extinct in the wild following a successful reintroduction project.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 26, 2024 ~6 min


Even as urban foxes get bolder, people appreciate rather than persecute them, say psychologists

A recent study tested whether messages about bolder urban foxes are biasing how people feel about them.

Charlotte Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull • conversation
Sept. 25, 2024 ~6 min

Invasive caterpillars can make aspen forests more toxic for native insects – a team of ecologists explains how

Research finds that extensive feeding by invasive insects can cause trees to produce defense compounds, to the detriment of valued native insects.

Patricia C. Fernandez, Professor of Agronomy and CONICET Scientist, Universidad de Buenos Aires • conversation
Sept. 19, 2024 ~8 min

For many in the UK, 2024 was the year without a butterfly

The Big Butterfly Count reported its worst results in 14 years of monitoring UK species.

Lars B. Pettersson, Associate Professor in Animal Ecology, Lund University • conversation
Sept. 18, 2024 ~7 min

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.

Rebecca Niemiec, Assistant Professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~10 min

Wild ginseng is declining, but small-scale ‘diggers’ aren’t the main threat to this native plant − and they can help save it

There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who has interviewed diggers explains that most of them are good stewards.

Justine Law, Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Sonoma State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~10 min

As attitudes toward wild predators shift, Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.

Rebecca Niemiec, Assistant Professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~10 min


Humans and animals will overlap on nearly 57% of Earth by 2070

The human-wildlife overlap is expected to increase across more than half of Earth’s land by 2070, researchers report.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~8 min

Surf therapy connects people to water – ocean health depends on this ‘blue attunement’

Ocean therapy provides a lens to see, understand and experience the ocean as healing, restorative and health-enabling.

Easkey Britton, Associate research scientist in Oceans and Human Health, University of Galway • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 ~9 min

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