Why does Nemo the clownfish have three white stripes? The riddle solved at last
Oct 04, 2018 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Coral fish are known for their great diversity of colours and patterns, each more surprising than the next. Examples include the copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus, which has a black eye on its body), the blue...
Responding Lombok and Donggala-Palu earthquakes: Lessons from public initiatives in Semarang
Oct 04, 2018 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and floods. But despite being constantly at risk of various catastrophic natural events, Indonesias disaster management...
'Missing emissions' aren't counted as pollution but could help kill you
Sep 30, 2018 22:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Exposure to air pollution has a staggering effect on human health. It is thought to cause around 7m premature deaths each year worldwide, with around 40,000 occurring in Britain. These premature deaths can occur through...
Will 2018 be the year of climate action? Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewer crisis might tell us
Sep 30, 2018 22:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the late 19th century, the irrepressible Mark Twain is reputed to have said in a speech: Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. Hes said to have borrowed that quote from a friend,...
'The worst kind of pain you can imagine' – what it's like to be stung by a stinging tree
Sep 30, 2018 21:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Stinging trees grow in rainforests throughout Queensland and northern NSW. The most commonly known (and most painful) species is Dendrocnide moroides (Family Urticaceae), first named gympie bush by gold miners near the...
Killer whales: why more than half world's orcas are threatened by leftover industrial chemicals
Sep 28, 2018 08:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
More than half of the worlds killer whales are threatened by a group of toxic industrial chemicals that accumulate in their blubber and can be passed on from mother to calf. Thats according to a new study led by scientists...
Community lessons on how humans and wildlife can co-exist
Sep 27, 2018 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A huge challenge in some of Africas animal-rich countries is human-wildlife conflict when wildlife negatively affects peoples livelihoods or people negatively affect wildlife. Its a big challenge in Kenya where most...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight