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LATEST ARTICLES ( 669 )

• Politics Matter: Undoing Conservation Progress in the Land of the Dodo

  

  The island of Mauritius is known, particularly in conservation circles, for the ill-fated extinction of the dodo, but also for its many conservation success... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2019 ENVIRONMENT

• Thirsty Forests

  

  Climate change is one ingredient of a cocktail of factors driving the ongoing destruction of pristine forests on Earth. We here highlight the main... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 ENVIRONMENT

• Higher Diversity Begets More Ecosystem Services

  

  © CJA BradshawBack in 2013, an interesting paper by a group of mainly Swedish ecologists (including one of my former collaborators, Professor Jon Moen of... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 ENVIRONMENT

• We Need a Revegetation Council

  

  As I have discussed before, the greatest threatening process to biodiversity in South Australia today is past and ongoing clearing of native vegetation. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss LII

  

  The first set of six biodiversity cartoons for 2019 to usher in the New Year. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2019 ENVIRONMENT

• Influential Conservation Ecology Papers of 2018

  

  For the last five years I’ve published a retrospective list of the ‘top’ 20 influential papers of the year as assessed by experts in F1000 Prime — so, I’m... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Fancy a Job in Biosecurity Controlling Pest Species?

  

  My mate Dr Brad Page — Principal Biosecurity Officer (Pest Animals) at Biosecurity SA — asked me to post the following jobs he’s advertising for pest-animal... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Perseverance Eventually Gets the Policy Makers’ Attention

  

  My entry badge today to the South Australian Parliament (sorry for the shitty reproduction, but it’s a shitty photo of a shitty photo)I’ve often commented on... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• With a Rebel Yell, Scientists Cry ‘No, No, More!’

  

  Adrenaline makes experiences hyper-real. Everything seems to move in slow motion, apart from my heart, which is so loud that I am sure people can hear it even... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Global Warming Causes the Worst Kind of Extinction Domino Effect

  

  Just under two weeks ago, Giovanni Strona and I published a paper in Scientific Reports on measuring the co-extinction effect from climate change. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Better Prospects for the Future of South Australia’s Biodiversity

  

  A major environmental event quietly slipped through the major news outlets in South Australia this week without much of a mention at all. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Why a (young) Scientist Should Blog

  

  I started to blog in the middle of my PhD, exactly on 17 February 2011 — as a scientist I remember my first blog like a soccer-loving kid might remember... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity Offsetting is Off-putting

  

  Biodiversity offsets are becoming more popular in Australia and elsewhere as a means to raise money for conservation and restoration while simultaneously... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Ecophysiological Feedbacks Under Climate Change

  

  Variability in heat tolerance among populations modifies the climate-driven periods of diurnal activity expected for ectotherm species. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss LI

  

  The six set of six biodiversity cartoons for 2018. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Save a Jaguar by Eating Less Meat

  

  My encounter with Kaayana in Kaa-Iya National Park in the Bolivian Chaco. Her cub was around but cannot be seen in the photoI was trapped. Or so I thought. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Sex on the Beach

  

  Female green turtles (Chelonia mydas) spawning (top) and diving (bottom) on Raine Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia) — photos courtesy of Ian... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• South Australia’s Broken Biodiversity Legislation

  

  It might come as a bit of shock to some who might give more than a shit about our State’s environmental integrity that there is no dedicated legislation to... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Legacy of Human Migration on the Diversity of Languages in the Americas

  

  This might seem a little left-of-centre for CB.com subject matter, but hang in there, this does have some pretty important conservation implications. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 ENVIRONMENT

• Minister, Why is the Dingo No Longer ‘fauna’?

  

  So, a few of us have just submitted a letter contesting the Western Australia Government’s recent decision to delist dingoes as ‘fauna’ (I know — what the hell... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2018 ENVIRONMENT