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The invasive species was likely brought to Australia unintentionally by ship. Now found in every state and territory, the wasps are decimating our ecosystems.
With national parks closed in many parts of North America, now is the time to rethink how we protect natural areas.
Protected areas in Nigeria are generally hampered by limited funds and resources.
The game is a fantastic metaphor for understanding how extinctions cause ecosystems to become more fragile.
Our findings have worrying implications for the functioning of our planet.
Population growth and attendant human activities are destroying a freshwater ecosystem.
These Aussie diggers boost the health of our soils. But up until recently, we didn’t know just how much soil they can turn over (hint: it’s a lot).
In NSW, honeybees are listed as a key threatening process to biodiversity.
These scientists identified the five most severe crises the planet faces in a new report, Our Future on Earth 2020.
In the real world, new diseases emerge from complex environments. To learn more about how, scientists set up whole artificial ecosystems in the lab, instead of focusing on just one factor at a time.
When ecosystems aren’t able to repair themselves, it’s up to us to intervene.
The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity wildfires on ecosystems could be colossal.
Death is a natural part of ecosystems. But it’s unusual for a large number of animals to all die at once. Researchers are investigating how a mass mortality event affects what’s left afterwards.
Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.
Some predators thrive after fires, other wilt – and one bird even starts them on purpose.
Non-living nature such as rocks, landforms, soil and water form the Earth’s ‘geodiversity’ - a crucial part of the planet’s life support system.
Mosquitoes have intricate and essential relationships with plants. Understanding their important work as pollinators would help to understand their role in different ecosystems.
Scientists have tracked endangered species for years. Now they’re figuring out how to highlight animals and plants that have recovered – but what does that mean?
The Amazon will take a lifetime to recover from this year’s fires – if it ever does.
Top contributors
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Research fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate professor in ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Associate professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Trophic Cascades Program, Oregon State University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
