What is ‘Star Jelly’?
As any professional ecologist will know, completing field surveys for protected species invariably means looking for faeces/prints/signs, rather than achieving ...
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Protection, Cannibalism and Self-Sacrifice; The World of Spider Parenting
When someone mentions parental care in the animal kingdom, birds and mammals are probably the organisms than spring to most people’s minds first, and it’s most ...
Save our Curlews Project
A project for their recovery run by Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Ornithological Society
Shropshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) and Shropshire Ornithologic...
Duck faeces shed light on plant seed dispersal
Mallards are among the most abundant and widespread duck species in the world, yet little attention has been paid to date to their role in spreading plant seeds...
Microplastics: No small problem for filter-feeding ocean giants
Sharks, rays and whales impacted by microplastic pollution and associated toxins
Plastic pollution has recently gained increasing attention for its effects on ...
Peru ends era of ‘roadless wilderness’ in its Amazon rainforest
Peru ends era of 'roadless wilderness' in its Amazon rainforests
Alexander C. Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University
Biodiversity reaches its zenith in so...
A year on the marshes
Potter Heigham Marshes, Norfolk, 2017
Waders circle in front of Martham church, east Norfolk
Passage waders, they’re hard to beat aren't they? I grew up...
Habitat Fragmentation a Bigger Threat to Chile’s Güiña Wildcat than Persecution by Humans
Research by conservationists at the University of Kent has found that habitat fragmentation, and the subdivision of large farms into smaller ones, are the big...
Capturing Ecology – Winners of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
In association with the British Ecological Society, BiOME Ecology are proud to feature the winners of the BES annual photography competition 'Capturing Ecology'...