Ecosystem

As societies face the triple challenge of avoiding the worst effects of climate change, protecting remaining biodiversity and improving human...

We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about...

A new study of TV-watching great tits reveals how they learn through observation. Social interactions within a predator species can have “...

Researchers have compiled the largest known library of bat calls to identify and conserve rare species in Mexico – a country which is home to many of...

Assigning an economic value to the benefits which nature provides might not always promote the conservation of biodiversity, and in some cases may...

Interactive online tool allows the value of an ecosystem to be calculated, and allows users to determine how altering a habitat can affect its...

Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and...

On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea...