Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene
21 May 2018
The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold
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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth
18 May 2018
When female bonobos went into labour, other females gathered around to keep them safe, swatting away flies and even seemingly trying to catch the baby as it emerged
A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined
17 May 2018
The world’s nations have set up 200,000 protected areas in which nature is supposed to flourish, but in many cases the protection is pretty much theoretical
Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived
17 May 2018
Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years
Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time
17 May 2018
Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late
Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why
16 May 2018
All the green-blooded lizards in the world live in New Guinea, but it turns out the trait has evolved there independently at least four times
A new synthetic molecule may solve a paradox about life's origin
15 May 2018
Many scientists suspect life began with a molecule called RNA, but there has long been a big problem with this idea. Now there is a solution
