Ecosystem

The man behind the mangroves

23 Jun 2025

Dr Tom Worthington works on the restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems. The data he provides sits at the heart of billion-pound...

Degraded coral reef 'rubblefield' in Indonesia.

Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration

08 Sep 2023

A near total lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, a new study finds.

Cambridge researchers lead policy briefing on Nature-based Solutions for the climate and biodiversity crises

30 Apr 2021

As societies face the triple challenge of avoiding the worst effects of climate change, protecting remaining biodiversity and improving human...

Ecosystems Overload

10 Dec 2019

We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about, lives...

Illuminating the hidden kingdom of the truffle

12 Feb 2018

Truffles are one of the world’s most expensive ingredients, and also one of the most mysterious. Now, with the help of a 170-year-old ‘living...

Birds learn from each other’s ‘disgust’, enabling insects to evolve bright colours

18 Dec 2017

A new study of TV-watching great tits reveals how they learn through observation. Social interactions within a predator species can have “evolutionary...

Biggest library of bat sounds compiled to track biodiversity

14 Apr 2016

Researchers have compiled the largest known library of bat calls to identify and conserve rare species in Mexico – a country which is home to many of...