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Stubborn sparrows may have sung the same songs for hundreds of years
By preserving songs for centuries, American swamp sparrows show a cultural stability previously only seen in humans.
Stories tagged with 'Nature'
Bird biodiversity
Sister species of birds reveal clues to how biodiversity evolves
Extensive new datasets about the world’s birds are helping to solve the riddle of how life on Earth diversified.
Puddle dipping
Collecting bacterial communities from puddles helps solve ecosystem riddles
Researchers have used puddle ecosystems to start to unravel the roles different bacteria play in complex communities.
Beyond the red limit
New type of photosynthesis discovered
The discovery changes our understanding of the basic mechanism of photosynthesis and should rewrite the textbooks.
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Frozen future?
How to save Antarctica (and the rest of Earth too)
Decisions made in the next decade will determine whether Antarctica suffers dramatic changes that contribute to a metre of global sea level rise.
Crater creations
'Surprisingly fast' recovery of life at dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site
Within 30,000 years of impact, Mexico’s Chicxulub crater fostered a thriving ecosystem - a much faster recovery than many sites around the world.
Tree trauma
Pollution hits the fungi that nourish European trees
Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain malnutrition trends in Europe's trees.
Sugar daddies
Why do older male birds father more illegitimate children?
When female birds have chicks as the result of an extra-marital fling, the fathers are almost always older males, and scientists are finding out why.
Palm problems
‘Deforestation-free’ palm oil not as simple as it sounds
Genuinely ‘deforestation-free’ palm oil products are problematic to guarantee, according to a new study.
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Species sums
Conservation efforts could be improved with more accurate species loss estimates
Scientists have come up with a new way of calculating how many species are lost when deforestation occurs, by taking fragmentation into account.
