Last week news broke that microplastics are found in 93% of bottled water and the highest levels ever were found in an English river. Can we ever clean this up?
When did insects first crawl out of the ocean? What caused them to take flight? Endless questions about the most abundant group of organisms on earth can now be answered
Birds in particular might actually be adapting to our driving habits, capable of sensing how fast cars typically move on individual roads so they know just when to get out of the way.
The vast majority of species exist in a sort of 'dark matter' biomass. But new tools are shedding light on the microscopic organisms that, although invisible to our eyes, constitute the "most diverse and abundant" life forms on earth.