The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales—a phenomenon ecologists ...

Despite facing existential threats, unarmed Indigenous guards are struggling to reclaim ancestral lands and end oil drilling ...

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Imagine stepping out onto the roof of a skyscraper, not to gaze at cold concrete or endless glass, but to find yourself ...

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Giant kangaroos stayed local, and rapid climate change gradually destroyed their lush rainforest home, leading to extinction.

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Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat at a time.

Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural ...