With submissions about to close on the government’s proposed fast-track consenting legislation, its possible impact on New Zealand’s diminished and delicate ecosystems demands proper scrutiny.
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Intense heat and no rain in southwest Western Australia are causing widespread tree and shrub die-offs.
Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
Translocation may have been the key to survival for the eastern barred bandicoot but it might not be the golden ticket for every species.
We’ve brought some species back from the brink – but more and more are being threatened. Here’s why
Recent research shows how reducing overfishing is both an ecological imperative and a critical means to addressing climate change.
Introduced water buffalo and camels trash native plants – don’t they? Our research shows megafauna herbivores have the same impact wherever they are.
A survey of Miami-Dade residents found bipartisan support for protecting Biscayne Bay − though most locals were not aware of the extent of its decline in recent years.
There are so many fish in the ocean that if you took them out, important habitats and food sources for many creatures would be lost.
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.
What happens underground doesn’t stay underground. If we overexploit groundwater and kill off its species, we put surface species – including us – at risk.
South of Cape Cod, fiddler crabs and marsh grass have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s a different story in the North, where the harms can ricochet through ecosystems.
The felling of iconic trees is a highly emotive issue – but the damage needs to be repaired with care.
Students learned not just a practical outdoor skill, but how to explain what they were learning to curious observers.
To protect nearly a third of Australia by decade’s end will mean expanding our national parks, Indigenous Protected Areas and protection across private land.
From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.
Every living thing leaves traces in its environment. By sampling water or even air for this environmental DNA, we can know which species live where.
Slime gets a bad name in popular culture, but it’s food for invertebrates who become food for many other creatures.
Wildlife populations continue to decline in the UK, one of the world’s most nature-deprived countries.
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