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Burnt trees can be logged and turned into timber and other wood products. But removing them from the forest can have negative impacts on the wildlife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

December 3, 2020

After wildfires, logging the forest can harm wildlife for up to a decade

Karen Hodges, University of British Columbia and Angelina Kelly, University of British Columbia

Removing trees killed by fires can have long-term consequences for wildlife.

A tiger’s vertical stripes help it blend in with trees and grasses in its homelands in Asia. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

November 23, 2020

Why do tigers have stripes?

Andrew Cushing, University of Tennessee

How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret's in their stripes!

Nature’s specialists have few and unique relationships with other species. They are most vulnerable in warming habitats. Noicherrybeans/Shutterstock

September 24, 2020

Live fast, die small: how global heating is simplifying the world’s ecosystems

Miguel Lurgi, Swansea University

We studied a rocky shore to see how global changes are playing out within habitats.

Krait bites are so painless that many victims don’t even realise they have been bitten until it’s too late. Wolfgang Wüster

March 23, 2020

Why do snakes produce venom? Not for self-defence, study shows

Wolfgang Wüster, Bangor University and Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University

Relax, snakes aren't out to get you.

A European pine marten climbing a tree in the Levoča Mountains, Slovakia. František Koneval

February 26, 2020

Grey squirrels are oblivious to threat from pine martens – giving native reds the advantage

Joshua P Twining, Queen's University Belfast

Where pine martens have recovered, red squirrels have tended to benefit while grey squirrels have declined. Scientists weren't sure why – until now.

December 12, 2019

Why are whales big, but not bigger?

Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Jeremy Goldbogen, Stanford University, and Nicholas Pyenson, Smithsonian Institution

How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don't they get even bigger?

Habitat loss to palm oil plantations in Central Kalimantan, Borneo. The forests of Borneo are home to the few remaining Bornean orangutan *Pongo pygmaeus*, Sumatran rhinoceros *Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni*, and the Borneo pygmy elephant *Elephas maximus borneensis*, among other endangered species. © Ulet Ifansasti/Greenpeace

May 30, 2019

Habitat loss doesn’t just affect species, it impacts networks of ecological relationships

Miguel Lurgi, Swansea University

New research has found that different types of habitat loss can change the stability of whole plant and animal communities.

Controlling rabbit populations has a key role in conserving Australia’s native plants and animals William Booth

July 23, 2018

A numbers game: killing rabbits to conserve native mammals

Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Damien Fordham, and Miguel Lurgi, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Managing rabbit populations isn't as simple as declaring 'open season'.

Not interested in your new favorite band. TJ Gehling

July 10, 2018

Rock ‘n’ roll is noise pollution – with ecological implications that can spread through a food web

Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University

An AC/DC-loving biologist tests the band's 1980 assertion that "rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution." Turns out it can be – and the negative effects of noise can ripple through an ecosystem.

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