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The first specimen of Bipalium admarginatum was found by George Verdon in the jungle of a tropical island. George Verdon

Last seen 90 years ago, strange worm species is found crawling in Malaysia

A strange worm found in the jungle, then harvested and preserved in… gin, provides a better understanding of the evolution and genetics of flatworms.
Canada and the United States are dealing with unprecedented levels of smoke from wildfires, and forest management practices and climate change are only partly to blame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Anticipating Canada’s crisis response decisions can save critical time in future wildfire seasons

Many response decisions to crises cannot be made in advance because each event is unique and has its own specific characteristics. But it is still possible to prepare for the future.
Lake surrounding a mining site in Northern Québec. (Maxime Thomas)

The invisible effects of human activity on nature

Human activities can affect plants and have consequences for the human populations that consume them.
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It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly

We’ve blown past the safe and just limit for vital Earth systems, from climate change to the biosphere and the use of fertilisers and freshwater. For humans to thrive means living in safe limits
The beaver lives at the intersection of the aquatic and forest environments, so its presence increases interactions between these two ecosystems. (Shutterstock)

Beavers are the undiscovered engineers of the boreal forest

Beavers are an important ecosystem engineer in the boreal forest and researchers are demystifying their secrets.

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