Insect diversity boosted by combination of crop diversity and semi-natural habitats
To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, accordin...
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Ants adapt tool use to avoid drowning
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...
Keoladeo National Park: An affair to remember
by Prachi Dadhich
Chirping of various birds with fantastic sunset and sunrise views, Keoladeo national park is indeed a pure delight for nature lovers. Forme...
Childhood connection to nature has many benefits but is not universally positive, finds review
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...
Unlocking the River Severn for Migratory Fish
After nearly three months of championing new ways of working due to the Coronavirus pandemic, environmental engineering company Land & Water is set to resum...
Conservation charity ZSL shares ‘animal selfies’ from across the globe for World Selfie Day
International conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) has released a gallery of ‘animal selfies’ to mark World Selfie Day (Sunday 21 June) - ima...
How fish got onto land, and stayed there
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...
Nature restoration: the time has come
Around the world, natural ecosystems provide seemingly endless goods and services we depend upon to survive. Healthy ecosystems are responsible for the producti...
Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees
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 ...