ecology

Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Micheal

Monica Retamosa was in the middle of changing the batteries of a tape recorder when she heard a bellbird for ...

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Micheal

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line ...

This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe

This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe

Micheal

outbreaks of Oropouche virus have flared up in the Amazon for decades, but historically the pathogen has little troubled the ...

A milk cap mushroom.

How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein

Micheal

Planting forests while growing protein-rich food seems like a win-win, so are there any potential drawbacks? Lynne Boddy, professor of ...

Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Habitat

Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Habitat

Micheal

every year, at the beginning of November, one of the most impressive natural spectacles in the world takes place in ...