Biodiversity Stories
In this new epoch, human influence is ubiquitous in the natural world. Coverage of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems in Anthropocene magazine takes a critical look at humans’ changing relationship with the natural world—and ways to promote biodiversity in the novel ecosystems we’ve created.
Climate cardiology could change the daily practice of medicine and mitigation
Recommendations to improve cardiovascular health and lessen climate change are remarkably similar
Blurring Life’s Boundaries
Darwinian theory is based on the idea that heredity flows vertically, parent to offspring, and that life’s history has branched like a tree. Now we know otherwise: that the ‘tree' of life isn’t that simple.
What if we tracked a species recovery not just its extinction risk?
A team of 200+ scientists ran a first test to see whether the new IUCN green list, which focuses on recovery, actually helps conservation efforts.
Scientists glimpse into the Internet-fueled global trade in insects, spiders, and scorpions
Bugs can survive shipping through the mail—and as such, the insect pet trade has flourished beneath the regulatory radar. Tackling the problem requires novel approaches to wildlife trade.
Just because a forest is protected, doesn’t mean it won’t get logged
Scientists use satellites to track deforestation in forest reserves around the world, and to learn what factors make for stronger protections.
Eyes on the High Seas
Illegal fishing is getting harder, thanks to public surveillance from space
The insect apocalypse is more nuanced than it first appears
New work suggests that the countryside can support a lot of insects, but a small variety. Meanwhile, cities have less vegetation, but a bigger variety of habitats.
Researchers find a missing piece in coral reef restoration: crabs
They transplanted native crabs to degraded coral reefs patches to help clear out the seaweed. It worked better than they imagined.
Artificial intelligence can track a coral reef’s health by learning its “song”
Researchers demonstrate how to tell damaged reefs from healthy ones using relatively cheap underwater recorders paired with new computer programs.
Farmers wiped out habitat to reduce disease from wildlife. For birds, their efforts backfired.
New study finds that birds caught on California farms with nearby wildlands had less problem bacteria than those at more manicured farms.
