BBC The Selfish Green David Attenborough – Richard Dawkins – Richard Leakey – Jane Goodall
Urban Darwinism: How Species Are Evolving to Survive in Cities In urban areas, the forces of rapid natural selection are leading to striking genetic changes in animals. Dutch biologist Menno …
The tragic story of America’s only native parrot, now extinct for 100 years John James Audubon’s ‘Carolina Parakeets.’ Wikimedia Commons It was winter in upstate New York in 1780 in a …
How Do You Count Endangered Species? Look to the Stars By JOANNA KLEIN A thermal image of elephants, part of an effort to apply tools from astronomy to help …
In Defense of Biodiversity: Why Protecting Species from Extinction Matters A number of biologists have recently made the argument that extinction is part of evolution and that saving species need …
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino on Earth, dies at 45 Jaymi Heimbuch Photo: Jaymi Heimbuch This older gentleman was a celebrity figure for his species, but for an …
Entomologischer Verein Krefeld Germany’s insects are disappearing By Gretchen Vogel In just 3 decades, insect populations in German nature reserves have plummeted by more than 75%, according to a new …
Where have all the insects gone? By Gretchen Vogel Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. “If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used …