Brush turkeys, bats, and cockroaches are crucial for the environment – including our gardens. Each have fascinating ways of coping in wet weather.
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Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
Standard marine protected areas with fixed boundaries can’t effectively shelter these ocean nomads.
A first of its kind study shows greylag geese are stressed by fireworks.
Friendships between these two very different primates likely outlasted your promise to be best buds forever with your school classmates.
Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. Climate change is having an impact.
Africa’s designated protected areas don’t handle shocks well - South Africa’s wildlife ranches offer lessons in resilience.
Journals, museum collections and other historical sources can provide valuable data for modern ecological studies. But just because a source is old doesn’t make it useful.
Wildfires are remaking western US forests. Decisions about managing forests that have burned should factor in how fires change animal behavior and interactions between predators and prey.
We take it for granted that we can compare multiple memories when faced with a tough choice. But not every animal’s mind works that way.
Friendships are formed all across the animal kingdom and the ways in which they resemble human ones may surprise you.
Predators are often confused by large groups of prey animals. But not the Swainson’s hawk.
A team of scientists used unique tracking data to study how streaked shearwaters fly into typhoons strong enough to destroy houses.
Populations of Fleay’s barred frog in Australia’s ancient rainforests were decimated by the chytrid fungus. Now, the frogs have developed a natural resistance.
The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.
The findings underscore the urgent need to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help animals find cool places to shelter.
Narwhals, hummingbirds and the Asian sheepshead wrasse have opened scientists’ eyes to the complexity of nature.
The role of beavers in safeguarding against our heating climate has become an interesting point of discussion. But just how important remains subject to debate.
A new study took a closer look at breeding pairs of these seabirds to find out why their bonds aren’t standing the test of time.
Billions of face masks and other personal protective equipment have been used throughout the pandemic. Containing plastic, these items are damaging wildlife and their environments.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher and Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor, Global Ecology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University