New species of superb bird-of-paradise has special dance moves
Until recently, researchers thought that the island of New Guinea was home to a single species of the superb bird-of-paradise, the bird with the...
Red-hot demand for ipê wood coincides with deforestation hubs in Brazil
Logging to meet demand for the tropical hardwood ipê coincides with hotspots of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, the source of 96% of...
Recycle responsibly – don’t be a wishcycler
Each year, an estimated 800 to 1 000 new words are added to English language dictionaries. In 2021, one of those was ‘wishcycling’.
Wishcycling is defined...
In world first, Chile to ban single-use food and beverage products...
In May 2021, Chile announced a legislative ban on single-use products in the food and beverage industry to take effect over the next three...
Invasive insects are inundating oak savannas in the Pacific Northwest
In the native range there are a handful of galls on a leaf. In the expanded range, there are thousands on a tree.
As the...
Crops could soon be fortified against flooding, scientists say
“As we better understand signaling pathways, we can make crops more resilient to flooding.”
As the climate become more unpredictable, extreme weather events are on...
The Socorro isopod: Endangered but important (commentary)
The Socorro isopod is an endangered crustacean endemic to the thermal water of a spring in the state of New Mexico.Its population is relegated...
