Despite his mental anguish, Van Gogh produced some of his greatest paintings in the last few months of his life.
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To fight global warming we will soon have to try to remove carbon dioxide from the skies or find ways to reflect the Sun’s heat. Such radical paths must be examined, but risky experiments avoided.
Antechinuses are tiny marsupials famous for their intense sex lives. Now, researchers have documented another unusual behaviour – the cannibalism of their own species.
A scholar of Daoist rituals explains how the indigenous tradition of China understands the human body as being part of the larger cosmos.
Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas face significant hurdles but nevertheless remain a key way to advance reconciliation and environmental goals.
One way to protect our ecosystems is to confer legal rights on them. This idea is at the heart of the ‘rights of nature’ movement – but Australia has few examples of this principle in action.
Each year insect scientists like us field questions from the press and public about Christmas beetle populations: where have they gone?
Investing in people’s future mental health, based on the key socioeconomic factors underlying it, is the only way to address this rising problem.
Life on Our Planet has some important messages about the nature of evolution, and what the future may hold for us.
Nature-based crafts and skills may just be the key to addressing the developing crises of unsustainability and mental health on campus.
Our relationships with the natural world have changed, and addressing how we understand our place in the world will help us find solutions to current environmental crises.
New research looks at how different species have managed to cross geographic barriers throughout history and whether their individual traits played a crucial role in these journeys.
Youth hostels can play a key role in blurring class lines and connecting travellers to both each other and the places they visit.
One night, someone cut down a tree. It wasn’t just any tree. The loss of the Sycamore Gap tree sent a nation into grief. But why?
The emotional response to the loss of the Sycamore Gap is part of a long history of emblematic trees, their destruction and renewal
New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
Monitoring and protecting the Kasanka bat colony helps protect bats from the entire sub-continent, and thus supports ecosystem services in a wide area.
Invasive ants are a major threat to biodiversity, according to a study.
Stories in Greek mythology on the cycle of nature showing youth, death and rejuvenation can have lessons for us today on how grief changes over time and transforms who we are as people.
A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
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