Let’s all be naturalists
Jiya Soomal explores why a personal connection with nature may be the solution to the biodiversity crisis of the Anthropocene.
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Fungi: The worldwide web beneath our feet
Nell Miles argues that as a crucial and often-forgotten part of soil biodiversity, fungi deserve more research and recognition.
The re-emergence of wildlife: Why have conservation efforts proven so successful?
Kiran Weston discusses why conservation efforts have proven so successful, including recent advancements in conservation programmes.
Could mapping the seafloor help save the planet?
Joel Tester provides a deep-dive into the current holes in our knowledge about the ocean, and why mapping the seafloor is so important.
No Mow May: Can our backyards be the haven that nature needs?
No Mow May is a campaign by UK charities to reintroduce wildlife into our gardens. Natalie Stevenson discusses why biodiversity is so important, and the impact the campaign is having.
How the search on your window monitors global biodiversity outside the window
Sitting in your room, typing wikipedia.org/wiki/…/, you are actually helping scientists to monitor species outside the window. Recently in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev collectively published their investigation on how Wikipedia pageview records correlates to seasonal patterns in nature. We had…