Insects are really important Insects are important in almost every terrestrial (land-based) ecosystem on Earth. Insects recycle waste and build fertile soil. They pollinate plants. And they are a source of prey for many other species. A famous entomologist named E.O. Wilson wrote about the importance of…
Have you heard of trees that create billions of baby fish and crabs, help protect people on islands from the monster waves of tropical storms, and stand on stilts above the ocean?
Learn about the discovery of an extinct giant kangaroo from New Guinea.
Scientists have found that dugongs and green sea turtles help plants called seagrasses grow in the Great Barrier reef. Why is this important? Keep reading to learn more. This is the world-famous Great Barrier Reef: The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system…
Ecosystem services are things nature provides for humans that help us survive and stay healthy. For example, plants produce oxygen that helps us breathe. Plants also provide food and shelter for us. Bats provide ecosystem services to people too. Bats help pollinate plants that provide us with…
Learn about the discovery of a tiny new frog species in northern Costa Rica.
Meet a hermit crab and a newly described anemone that it carries on its shell.
Scientists have reported that some wild stingrays produce short, loud clicking sounds. Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons is a marine scientist and stingray expert at Macquarie University in Australia. In 2018, Joni received an unusual stingray video from a colleague. It showed a mangrove whipray gliding over a…
Project Taramea trains young Māori divers in the Cook Islands to remove crown-of-thorns starfish that eat corals.
Chimpanzees are the closest living relatives of humans. Like us, chimpanzees use technology. Primatologist Catherine Hobaiter and her team watched a young female chimpanzee they call Onyofi digging in the mud of her rainforest habitat in western Uganda. Hobaiter, who works at the University of St. Andrews…
Old McDonald had a farm – EI-EI-O, and on that farm he had some tropical marine fish. EI-EI-wait, what?
Moth Week 2022 is July 23-31. You can become a moth-er…