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Conservation biology
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Australian megafires drove complex biodiversity outcomes
Nature, Published online: 13 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03549-1 An ambitious analysis of data has revealed the effects of the…
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires
Feng, X. et al. How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity. Nature 597, 516–521 (2021). Article …
why Indigenous researchers often face double duty
When Amanda Black started university in New Zealand in 1995, she got her first taste of discrimination. Black…
The scale of the biodiversity crisis laid bare
Before They Vanish: Saving Nature’s Populations — and Ourselves Paul R. Ehrlich et al. Johns Hopkins University Press…
Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms
Halloween, celebrated on 31 October, originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, during which people lit bonfires…
How biodiversity credits could help to conserve and restore nature
Workers plant trees in the outskirts of Bogotá as part of a reforestation project.Credit: Florian Kopp/imageBroker/Shutterstock This year’s…
From industry to stay-at-home father to non-profit leadership
Joseph Ascalon took skills he learnt in industry and applied them to his time as a stay-at-home father…
Why bringing back oyster reefs could protect coasts from climate change
Workers for the Billion Oyster Project prepare to place juvenile oysters in a waterway running through New York…
We must train specialists in botany and zoology — or risk more devastating extinctions
As a student in China in the late 1980s, I spent several wonderful semesters studying zoology and botany.…
Ancient DNA debunks Rapa Nui ‘ecological suicide’ theory
Download the Nature Podcast 11 September 2024 In this episode: 00:45 What ancient DNA has revealed about Rapa…