Search results for rewilding

Ecology Nov 5, 2025

Ukraine's massive nature project is helping veterans and land recover

Ukrainians have always felt closely tied to their land, often expressing this through literature and folktales. But these connections have grown even stronger since the country was invaded by Russia in 2022.

Ecology Oct 13, 2025

Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

After centuries of near-extinction, Europe's wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing by nearly 60%. In 2022, more than 21,500 wolves were recorded across the ...

Plants & Animals Oct 13, 2025

Strictly protected Mediterranean forests stay cooler, study finds

According to new research, Mediterranean forests that are allowed to grow naturally within strictly protected areas can stay up to 2°C cooler during summer heat waves compared to actively managed woodlands. This suggests ...

Ecology Oct 7, 2025

Considering the risk of wildlife-spread diseases during ecosystem restoration

Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is persuasive of the increased risks of zoonotic diseases with degradation and disturbances. However, the ...

Ecology Oct 6, 2025

Q&A: The essential role of the urban tree microbiome—a key to city health

Urban trees are essential to the health of cities and their residents: they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution from the air, support biodiversity, and improve human well-being. But these benefits depend in part on the tree ...

Ecology Sep 25, 2025

High tech gardens at the Natural History Museum are switched on

A new sensor network using AWS technology will collect live data, making the Museum gardens the most intensively studied urban nature site of its kind in the world.

Plants & Animals Sep 22, 2025

Resurrection of dodo bird now one step closer, claims Colossal Biosciences

The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn't stopping Dallas' Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird.

Plants & Animals Sep 22, 2025

Leopard shark sex tape: A scientific first

A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher has caught on camera and documented for the first time a rare—and rather risqué—shark mating sequence in the wild.

Ecology Aug 21, 2025

Giant cows hunted to extinction in 1627. Now, their ancestor is making comeback

Centuries after the massive ancestor of modern-day cattle went extinct, a new breed is being released in Denmark to rewild the terrain.

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2025

Scientists use climate data to map and predict amphibian chytrid disease

Researchers may have a new tool in the fight to protect neotropical frogs from extinction, thanks to climate data.

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