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Beavers gnawing away at the permafrost
Alaska’s beavers are profiting from climate change, and spreading rapidly. In just a few years’...
Arctic heatwave: what warmer summers mean for the region’s...
The current heatwave in the Arctic, with temperatures reaching 38℃ in some parts of northern...
Research suggests that warming will reduce trees’ ability...
The world’s forests play an important role in mitigating climate change. They are carbon...
In the wild, chimpanzees are more motivated to cooperate than...
Humans are unique in their abilities to cooperate in very large groups and help people outside...
Gigantic wolverines, otters the size of wolves: fossils offer...
About 120 km north of Cape Town and less than 2° north of the southern tip of Africa lies a quarry...
What it means when animals have beliefs
Chimpanzees, some dog species and even scrub jay and crows have beliefs. Philosophers from Bochum...
More people eat frog legs than you think – and humans are...
Amphibians such as frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, are the world’s most threatened group of...
Clean water ponds boost rare wetland plants, study reveals
Digging ponds in the countryside can deliver unprecedented gains for nature, according to a study...
Roadkill study identifies animals most at risk in Europe
Around 194 million birds and 29 million mammals are thought to be killed each year on European...
Invasive species threaten most protected areas across the world...
The human population is growing rapidly and making increasing demands on the planet for food, water...
Extended parenting helps young birds grow smarter
A new study of corvid birds underscores how biology, environment, and social life allow young birds...
Evolution: why it seems to have a direction and what to expect...
The diversity and complexity of life on Earth is astonishing: 8 million or more living species –...
Cultural diversity in chimpanzees
The transmission of cultures from generation-to-generation is only found in a few species besides...