The plant that helps you slim (if you’re a bluegill)
Utricularia vulgaris isn’t a slimming aid as such. It’s just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.
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What are the ethics of live-streaming at conferences?
If you’ve only recently come to terms with people tweeting at conferences, there’s another shock coming soon.
How do you reverse a Forest Invasion?
If an invasive species is a problem, isn’t the answer simply to remove it? A new review by Wardle and Peltzer shows it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
Extinction should be a sad subject, but one author was also able to point out how absurd it could be too.
Darwin Day is coming and you can be part of it
Anyone can celebrate Darwin Day and promote science, without even leaving the house.
Can a salad taste you back?
Normally when a headline asks a stupid question the answer is ‘no’, but new research suggests a better answer is ‘maybe’.
It’s World Wetland Day
Today, lakes, rivers, underground aquifers, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas, tidal flats, mangroves, coral reefs, as well as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoirs and salt pans and, as the rain hammers down, also my garden, celebrate World Wetlands Day today.
Winterwatch returns but does wildlife TV matter?
A popular BBC perennial returns for a week on UK TV screens. But will it do anything beyond providing some nature-themed light entertainment?
Conservation in the City
A new article argues that conservation shouldn’t be left to the countryside. There are major impacts to be made looking at pollinators in the city.
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