The lampreys (family Petromyzonidae) belong to a small but important group known as Agnatha, which literally means ‘jawless’; there are around 45 species worldw...
Do you like wildlife? What do you do to conserve it? Maybe you’re a member of a charity, the RSPB, Buglife, or the Mammal Society for instance. Maybe you dedica...
Operation Wallacea is a network of academics from European and North American universities, who design and implement biodiversity and conservation management re...
Understanding the inner workings of ecosystems is key for ecologists and naturalists in order for them to do their jobs. Whether this is to assess the impact of...
Scotland’s Highland landscape is dominated by wide-open expanses of heather moorland, full of charismatic red deer Cervus elaphus, looking like the bleak, hosti...
How far do we go?
If you hadn’t heard already, there are a lot of things that the human race is currently doing that aren’t exactly environmentally friendly...
This time of year would not appear to be the most conducive for any botanising, given the cold weather and fact that flowers have all died back and plants are n...
Among its many other claims to fame, the Amazon rainforest contains more than 1,500 bird species. Around a quarter of them are found nowhere else on Earth. Many...
