Environmental Protection
Scientists in Finland develop a promising bee vaccine
A new vaccine for honeybees and other pollinators may prove a breakthrough in protecting the insects – and the planet.
Mermaids and renewed climate resolve in 2019
The final two pages of “Mermaids” that may serve as a motivation for wise and considered decisions in 2019.
Should rewilding be introduced into our cities?
Imagine a world where wolves are part of the urban fauna and revived mammoths walk freely in nearby forests.
Can heat-resistant corals save the Great Barrier Reef?
Scientists in Australia are scattering 100,000 tiny larvae from heat-resistant corals across badly damaged parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
European wheat lacks climate resilience
Wheat in Europe is ill equipped to handle increasingly erratic weather across much of the continent.
The use of baby gibbons as photo props causes outrage
Critically endangered "exotic" animals are routinely abused in gimmicky tourist traps in countries like Thailand.