Ecology

For leopards to survive, we must learn to live with them

Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread disease

The grasslands of India and elsewhere do not need to have economic value to be worth studying and preserving

Researchers worry the Colombian environmental ministry will side with animal-rights activists rather than curb the spread of invasive hippos once kept by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar

Trees communicate and cooperate through a fungal web, according to a widespread idea. But not everyone is convinced

A de-extinction company known for its plans to resurrect the mammoth and Tasmanian tiger has announced it will also bring back the dodo

Scientists are beginning to decode endangered creatures’ microbial ecosystems

A river’s “gut” revived, snake-saving social media, an intragalactic donut, and more success stories of the year

In 2022 the world’s population hit the eight-billion mark. But such milestones could top out by the end of the century

In 2015 the moon’s wobble and an El Niño teamed up to kill off tens of millions of Australian mangroves

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