New research demonstrates for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to train computers to recognise individual birds, a task humans are u...
To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, accordin...
Researchers have observed black imported fire ants using sand to draw liquid food out of containers, when faced with the risk of drowning. This is the first tim...
A literature review by Dr Louise Chawla, Professor Emerita at the University of Colorado, finds that children are happier and more likely to protect the natural...
Research on blennies, a family of fish that have repeatedly left the sea for land, suggests that being a ‘jack of all trades’ allows species to make the dramati...
New research published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often ...
New research finds tropical forest disturbance goes beyond species loss and includes a shift towards smaller seeds and an increase in the proportion of trees di...
‘Rocky’, a five year old cocker spaniel, has been named the world’s first scientifically proven Great Crested Newt (GCN) detection dog. Sniffer dog Rocky is par...
A first of its kind, global study on the impacts of human land-use on different groups of animals has found that predators, especially small invertebrates, are ...
