Polar bears may struggle to produce milk for their cubs as climate change melts sea ice
Oct 06, 2023 07:04 am UTC| Nature
When sea ice melts, polar bears must move onto land for several months without access to food. This fasting period is challenging for all bears, but particularly for polar bear mothers who are nursing cubs. Our...
It's not just Victoria's iconic mountain ash trees at risk – it's every species in their community
Oct 06, 2023 07:03 am UTC| Nature
When we think of extinction, we think of individual species. But nature doesnt operate like that. Entire communities and even whole ecosystems are now so compromised they could be lost entirely. Australia now has about 100...
Fossil snake traces: another world-first find on South Africa's Cape south coast
Oct 06, 2023 06:53 am UTC| Nature
Snakes are familiar, distinctive and often feared reptiles. And theyve been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to the late Jurassic period, about 150...
Atomo Coffee Unveils Beanless Brew, Aiming to Combat Deforestation, Climate Change
Oct 05, 2023 09:44 am UTC| Economy Nature Business
A Seattle-based startup supported by Beyond Meat investors is set to revolutionize the coffee industry with its groundbreaking beanless coffee. Atomo Coffee aims to minimize the environmental impact of the popular beverage...
Jellyfish: our complex relationship with the oceans' anti-heroes
Oct 02, 2023 08:51 am UTC| Nature
Ding! The courier hands me an unassuming brown box with live animals plastered on the side. I begin carefully unboxing. The cardboard exterior gives way to a white polystyrene clamshell, cloistering a pearly sphere-shaped,...
How the age of mammals could end
Oct 02, 2023 08:16 am UTC| Nature
Throughout the past 500 million years, our planet has experienced a total of five mass extinctions. One of these the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event led to the demise of roughly 90% of Earths species. Most of...
Oct 02, 2023 06:23 am UTC| Nature
The long-term future looks bleak for Emperor penguins, but our new research shows some birds may be able to survive in certain conditions, depending on where they live, at least for the next few decades. Over the past...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight