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One fossilised log from southern Australia has spilled the dirt on termites’ very cold and very ancient past.
While humanity often has a negative impact, people may inadvertently play a pivotal role in this Maldivian seagrass success story.
With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.
Rats are disrupting the flow of nutrients towards the sea on many tropical islands – this has consequences for fish behaviour and the wider ecosystem.
The new State of the Environment report shows Australia’s soil and the life it holds is in poor condition. We need to protect our underground biodiversity.
Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists call for including fungi in conservation strategies and environmental laws.
Using tiny ‘soil chips’, researchers have observed the forgaging strategies of fungi at a microscopic scale for the first time.
Nutrients and energy contained within dead animals are repurposed and repackaged into living, breathing insects.
We focus on large, charismatic animals at the expense of these crucial ‘lowly creatures’.
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