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Environment

Choosing the right partner is a survival skill

  Love is a battlefield — and the male wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) is one of its survivors.

I will survive

Devil Ark is a new initiative that might save the Tasmanian devil. Will they get rid of the infamous DFTD? Will they stop extinction?

Pre-Columbian farming secrets could save the Amazonian savanna

Raised farming beds used by the Amazon’s earliest inhabitants could lead the way for a sustainable ecosystem.

Water can float on oil

A new way to clean up oil spills that threaten our oceans.

Talking trees

Plants can emit and react to sounds.

Picky females promote diversity

Women are genetically designed to be picky — particularly with their men.

Frog power

No need for a trip to a remote, exotic location, this elusive amphibian has been living in plain sight — and some of its ‘friends’ might save our lives.

Man-made noise affects plants and birds

  The daily din we generate may have more of an effect on the environment than we originally thought.

Blame it on the hunters

New state of the debate: Australian megafauna hunted to extinction.

Unlocking the secrets of chemical signals

Witchweeds and smoke-responsive species have taken advantage of chemical signals, but not for the same reasons.

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