Africa's most toxic lakes are a paradise for fearless flamingos
Jan 05, 2017 16:57 pm UTC| Nature
The worlds most seemingly-toxic lakes are under threat. And they are also home to one of our most familiar birds: the flamingo. All flamingo species have evolved to live in some of the planets most extreme wetlands,...
Momentum grows for ocean preserves. How well do they work?
Jan 04, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Nature
What lies beneath the deep, dark expanse of the ocean is something that has fascinated sailors, fishermen, adventurers, poets and explorers for centuries. How could residents of New England, for instance, have known that...
Why do elephants bellow but whales squeak like a mouse?
Dec 29, 2016 13:04 pm UTC| Nature
Have you ever met a really tall man who has a high-pitched voice? Did it seem odd? We intuitively expect large mammals to have low, booming voices, while small mammals should have high-pitched, squeaky voices. The...
The global road-building explosion is shattering nature
Dec 19, 2016 00:15 am UTC| Nature
If you asked a friend to name the worst human threat to nature, what would they say? Global warming? Overhunting? Habitat fragmentation? A new study suggests it is in fact road-building. Road-building might sound...
Humans strive for efficiency but could learn so much from nature's resilience
Dec 17, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Nature Technology
Since the industrial revolution, humans have been driving towards ever greater efficiency. In fact, efficiency making the best possible use of the resources at hand has become the core concept of how we run the...
Eradicating fire ants is still possible, but we have to choose now
Dec 16, 2016 02:25 am UTC| Nature
Australia needs to spend millions of dollars more to eradicate one of the nations worst invasive species, the fire ant, according to recent reports. Fire ants, first detected in Brisbane in 2001, pose a major health and...
Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too
Dec 16, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Technology Nature
Ideas to enhance the liveability and sustainability of our cities have attracted a lot of interest recently. Examples include establishing or enhancing urban forests, or bringing back nature into cities to support animals...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects