Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries
4 September 2019
The best way to save Earth’s threatened wildlife could be to protect its most unglamorous and geologically diverse landscapes, from scrubland to exhausted mines
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Don't miss: troubled robots, winning designs and high seas
4 September 2019
This week, witness the marriage of flesh and machine and glimpse the future of tech, then run away to sea in your armchair
World's hungriest caterpillar is wreaking destruction around the world
4 September 2019
Scientists are racing to develop weapons against fall armyworms, a devastating pest that is rapidly invading new continents and destroying vital food crops
Harbour seals are breeding in the river Thames and have had 138 pups
2 September 2019
The first comprehensive count of harbour seal pups has found there are 138 newborns along the sandbanks and creeks of the outer Thames Estuary
Giant virus has evolved its own kind of CRISPR to destroy invaders
1 September 2019
The massive mimivirus is so big it has its own kind of CRISPR-like immune system to defend against the tiny viruses that attack it
Marine life is still struggling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
27 August 2019
The lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been extreme for deep sea creatures, with biodiversity still down years after the disaster
