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Living World

Photograph of vegetation-covered mountain rising above desert lowlands.
Living World

Hunting sky islands for genetic clues to climate resilience

OPINION: Isolated mountaintops are hotbeds of evolutionary adaptation and great places to study how climate change affects ecosystems

Photograph shows landscape of dead conifer trees with mountains behind them.
Food & Environment

Forests are under attack from invasive species

OPINION: International commerce and travel bring ecological destruction to the world’s most cherished natural places. We need to do more to stop the assault.

A yellow city poster stapled to a pole in front of an older brick wall shows an icon of a creepy rat in the sights of a red target. It warns of the use of poison bait to kill rats in the area.
Health & Disease

Dealing with rats, and their health, in America’s ‘rattiest’ city

OPINION: A study in Chicago found that rodents surviving poisoning are more likely to carry disease. Good pest control needs to take such things into account.

Two mollies face each other in a fish tank with rocks and plants
Living World

Nature, nurture and randomness

OPINION: More than genes and upbringing determine animal personalities: There’s a good dose of chance in the mix, too.

Photograph of a person standing in the waters at the beach, staring out at the ocean.
Living World

Our oceans’ future: Hot and troubled

OPINION: Ocean warming, acidification and deoxygenation due to climate change — as well as pollution and development — threaten our global waters, but disaster is far from inevitable

Photo of an orange butterfly with black wing borders and white spots perched on a grass blade, above pale blue flowers.
Living World

Get out in your yard and count bugs

OPINION: How worried should we be about insect declines? Community science is vital for gathering information about arthropods.

Hello, beautiful: Head-on photo of a brown marmorated stink bug shows off its dark bulging eyes, speckled body and banded lower legs.
Living World

We need to stop bugs at the border

OPINION: Trade and travel come with a shared responsibility for biosecurity

Photograph of a Malayan tiger with two cubs.
Living World

Zoos need to change

OPINION: To justify their existence, they must make conservation their top priority

Photograph of an adult female Sumatran rhino resting on the ground. An adorable rhino calf is standing to her left.
Living World

The importance of understanding wildlife sex

OPINION: If we’re truly serious about protecting animal species from extinction, we should learn more about how they reproduce

Photograph about a dozen pale, tan horses relaxing on green grass by a body of water, Trees line the far shore.
Living World

The creative way to pay for wildlife recovery

OPINION: ‘Pragmatic rewilding’ restores damaged ecosystems and harnesses private money, with benefits for all

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Living World

Save the microbes!

OPINION: Recent data suggest that microbial diversity is under threat — which puts the entire planet at risk

This scanning electron micrograph shows Clostridium difficile bacterial cells as they are dividing.
Health & Disease

Don’t let Covid boost another killer

OPINION: The pandemic may be interfering with our fight against drug-resistant bacteria. Luckily, the same tactics can beat back both scourges.

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