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Even cockroaches have personalities

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Mar 2015

New study argues the Anthropocene began in 1610

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2015

Citizen scientists help demystify Serengeti’s wildlife with photos

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Mar 2015

Human impacts are ‘decoupling’ coral reef ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2015

Arctic upheaval: new book outlines challenges at the top of the world

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2015

Pollution from fossil fuels decreased rainfall in Central America

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2015

Even with no El Nino, 2014 was the warmest year on record

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2015

New study: ‘Yeti’ hairs do not point to unknown bear species

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2015

Success of ‘land sparing’ will depend on global economics, regulations

Erin Kitchell 16 Dec 2014

To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Dec 2014

How remote sensing could change conservation forever

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2014

New tapir? Scientists dispute biological discovery of the century

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2014

Citizen scientist site hits one million observations of life on Earth

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2014

It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world’s biggest birds

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2014

Pet trade likely responsible for killer salamander fungus

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

The Search for Lost Frogs: one of conservation’s most exciting expeditions comes to life in new book

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

Scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate

Tanya Dimitrova 24 Aug 2014

Forgotten species: the exotic squirrel with a super tail

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2014

An untapped resource: new study finds local people may trump scientists at biodiversity surveys

Shayna Wilson 12 Aug 2014

Elephants under the sea: awkward-looking fish modify the coral-reef ecosystem in mixed ways

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2014

Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals

Jeremy Hance 28 Jul 2014

Monkeys use field scientists as human shields against predators

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2014

‘Stop using the bloody things’: pesticides linked to bee collapse now blamed for bird declines

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2014

A garden or a wilderness? One-fifth of the Amazon may have been savannah before the arrival of Europeans

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? The ‘double-edged sword’ of democracy

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Jul 2014

Bigfoot found? Nope, ‘sasquatch hairs’ come from cows, raccoons, and humans

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2014

On babies and motherhood: how giant armadillos are surprising scientists (photos)

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2014

Unrelenting population growth driving global warming, mass extinction

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2014

Featured video: John Oliver skewers media ‘balance’ on climate science in viral video

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2014

Cosmos’s Neil deGrasse Tyson on climate change: ‘What’s our excuse?’

Jeremy Hance 6 May 2014

Giant ibis, little dodo, and the kakapo: meet the 100 weirdest and most endangered birds

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2014

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