New research published in Nature Communications highlights the importance of parrotfish to the healthy growth of Caribbean coral reefs.
Coral reefs are cruci...
New research into the impact that the accelerating loss of sea ice is likely to have on polar bear populations highlights the need for preemptive action as the ...
A recent study has found that chickadees from harsher environments are less flexible cognitively. They are initially good at acquiring and retaining information...
A recent study has found that thermal preferences in a wide-ranging lizard species are a result of behavioural changes, and that these preferences are more flex...
Ocean upwellings are an important, resource-rich event in the lives of many marine animals. They occur as cool and warm waters mix and nutrients are driven to t...
The world's vertebrate populations, which includes all mammals, bird, fish, amphibians and reptiles, have decreased by 58% in just over 40 years. That’s right, ...
The relentless upwards growth of plants is driven by the need for light. A plant's mission is simple: outgrow the nearby competitors and win the light, sometime...
We owe an awful lot to our wild bees. As they buzz around our countryside diligently collecting nectar and pollen, they’re unknowingly providing essential ecosy...
Picture a seagull, and you’re likely thinking of the herring gull (Larus argentatus) – one of the larger (and louder) of the gulls around the coast of the UK. Y...
Insect pollinators, flitting from flower to flower in the sunshine, are for many people evocative of lazy, hazy summer days. But this tranquil scene masks a tro...
