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Cyclone Idai in Mozambique was an opportunity to test ideas about traits that help animals survive natural hazards.
Scientists found De Winton’s golden mole by tracking its environmental DNA through the sand.
Online searches search trends reveal that there’s a growing link between modern ways of living and the vicious cycle of biophobia.
Four graphs that show us how humanity’s impact on the planet is growing.
Track marks are a way to fill in the blanks that sometimes exist in the body fossil record.
In a process called ‘reverse socialisation’, children can help their elders become more green - but eco education is key.
Films like Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Nausicaä created by Hayao Miyazaki explore the perils of neglecting nature.
Many living organisms generate and even detect static electricity in their natural environments. We must understand more to ensure we don’t disturb these delicate processes.
Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
It may be possible to expand people’s circle of moral concern and, in turn, promote reconciliation through connecting people to nature.
Not only is the black swan important for many Aboriginal people, it was also a potent symbol within the European imagination — 1500 years before Europeans knew it existed.
If all of humanity was wiped out tomorrow, it’s estimated that the natural world would take at least five million years to recover from the damage humans have done to the world.
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Researcher and Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University
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Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Research Associate, Department of Conservation Management, Nelson Mandela University
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Assistant Professor, University of Greifswald
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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PhD Zoology, University of Pretoria
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Research associate, Stellenbosch University
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Baobab Ecologist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral associate, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); University of the Witwatersrand