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When you walk through a forest, it may feel like a static setting where very little is happening. But trees are constantly interacting and reacting to each other as they grow. There’s intense competition for light and space. Every shift affects the overall makeup of the forest in some way.

Overfishing, invasive species and rubbish mountains are putting a strain on the islands’ delicate ecosystems

Exclusive: Fish farms in Macquarie Harbour are the greatest threat to survival of ancient ray-like species, scientists advising Australian government find

After a series of mass mortality events, it is more common to find these huge Mediterranean clams dead. Which is why the species’ ‘biggest fangirl of all’, Susan Smillie, is thrilled to see a thriving population in Greece

Surveys suggest that wet weather and habitat deterioration are among the causes of devastating population declines, but there are ways to help

A government audit has delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW environment department's efforts to save more than 1000 species from extinction.

Species are disappearing at an alarming rate around the world. But Australia’s extinction crisis is especially severe – since European colonisation, we have lost about 100 species of animals and plants. The loss of 33 mammal species is largely due to canny invasive predators such as foxes and cats as…

Other lives: Leading British cryptogamic botanist of her generation

Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say

Kits emerge for after-dark dips in Northumberland, London, Kent and the Cairngorms after reintroduction drive

In the study, researchers analysed 700 samples of bacteria taken from the guts of 30 species of wild birds across eight countries, including the UK.