As I write this article, a furry blur of a rodent has just scampered across the room and under the couch. It’s autumn in Australia and,...
For the past quarter-century, the Arctic has been a unique zone of cooperation among the eight countries of the high north: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway,...
The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly pervasive, bringing Canada’s lack of preparedness in its marine conservation measures into focus. The North Atlantic right whales...
“Si sta come d’autunno sugli alberi le foglie.” “We are like autumn leaves on branches,” Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti wrote in his 1918 poem Soldati (Soldiers),...
Jaguars are the only species of big cat found on the American continent. They range as far south as Argentina, and once roamed as far north...
Speed read The world may be facing a devastating “hidden” collapse in insect species due to the twin threats of climate change and habitat loss. UCL’s...
As they become more exposed to the grim realities of climate change, today’s teens and people in their 20s — an entire generation — are experiencing...
Nanuk, the Inuktitut word for polar bear, is an iconic animal, capturing public imaginations and starring in international marketing campaigns. As nanuk has increasingly been used...
Nearly all of Earth’s organisms communicate with each other in one way or another, from the nods and dances and squeaks and bellows of animals, through...
Scientists estimate that only 10% of all the species on the planet have been described. Among our closest kin, mammals, that number jumps to 80%, but...