What’s happening to the fireflies? Melissa Breyer Public Domain / Fireflies at Ochanomizu by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) Noticing fewer fireflies? You’re not alone. Every time I write about fireflies, …
Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia Coral bleaching has been seen on 93% of the reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef. …
How will the Barrier Reef recover from the death of one-third of its northern corals? Mia Hoogenboom Senior Lecturer, Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University The problems caused by …
Tillandsia tecolometl Granados, Flores-Cruz & Salazar, sp. nov. (Figs. 2-3,4b) Phytotaxa 260(1): 57-65. 2016 Similar to Tillandsia macdougallii but differing in its longer, ovate to oblong leaf sheaths covered by …
Nature Blows My Mind! Caterpillar mimics snake behavior to scare predators (Video) © D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs A well-known survival tactic in the natural world is an organism …
Rescued rhino and hippo calves become BFFs There’s nothing like the healing power of an interspecies friendship. Catie Leary Baby rhino Makhosi (left) gets by with a little …
World’s loneliest plant is a relic of the dinosaur age With no surviving mate, this plant is probably the rarest in the world. Bryan Nelson This clone of the last …
BirdLife Partners – Americas Extremely rare ‘Species X’ rediscovered in Brazil after 75 year disappearance By Shaun Hurrell, 23 May 2016 These are the first ever photos of the Critically …
US reviews plan to infect mosquitoes with bacteria to stop disease Biotech firm seeks government approval to market mosquitoes as a pesticide to prevent spread of Zika and dengue viruses. …