Figs, ferns and featherwoods: learn all about Australia's native trees and plants
Aug 13, 2018 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Sign up to the special Beating Around the Bush newsletter here. Australia is classified as megadiverse meaning its a global hotspot for plant and animal diversity, and has vast numbers of unique species found nowhere...
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The brain is a precision instrument. Its function depends on finely calibrated electrical activity triggering the release of chemical messages between neurons. But sometimes the brains careful balance is knocked out of...
What is causing Florida's algae crisis? 5 questions answered
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Editors note: Two large-scale algae outbreaks in Florida are killing fish and threatening public health. Along the southwest coast, one of the longest-lasting red tide outbreaks in the states history is affecting more than...
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Aug 13, 2018 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Once again, the summer of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere has brought us an epidemic of major wildfires. These burn forests, houses and other structures, displace thousands of people and animals, and cause major...
Hothouse Earth: seven things you can do to stop it
Aug 13, 2018 13:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
If global temperatures are allowed to rise by 2℃, we face creating a Hothouse Earth that would shift the planet to an irreversible state, a recent research paper warns. This has provoked a global frenzy in social, news and...
Why cheetahs in the Maasai Mara need better protection from tourists
Aug 13, 2018 13:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The global cheetah population is continuing to decline with only about 7000 individuals left in Africa. This is thought to be about half the population that existed 40 years ago. The decline has been caused by the loss and...
Are they watching you? The tiny brains of bees and wasps can recognise faces
Aug 13, 2018 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Recognising faces is essential for how we interact in complex societies, and is often thought to be an ability that requires the sophistication of the large human brain. But new evidence we published in Frontiers in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects