Flukes and Floats

Reducing fishing gear more effectively prevents humpback whale entanglements in California’s Dungeness crab industry compared to costly, data-intensive dynamic management strategies, ensuring marine safety and uninterrupted fishing.

Mnemic Medusae

Despite lacking a conventional brain, jellyfish demonstrate learning abilities, challenging our understanding of learning in animals.

Distilling a Galaxy

Supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy can have a direct impact on the galaxy’s chemical distribution.

Below Brittle Blades

Climate change alters plant-soil interactions, impacting decomposition rates.

Death’s Dirty Hands

Fine particle air pollution poses a far greater cardiovascular death risk for Black Americans than White, despite recent reductions.

The Heat is On

Extreme heatwaves caused by climate change are becoming more frequent and severe, necessitating urgent action to mitigate emissions and help vulnerable populations adapt.

Climate’s Ledger

Taxing investments of the wealthy could fund climate action and promote climate justice.

The Storms of Saturn

Giant storms periodically engulf Saturn, causing long-lasting atmospheric effects that fundamentally reshape the planet’s weather and composition.

The Giraffes of Bénoué

The critically endangered Kordofan giraffe in Cameroon faces threats from poaching and habitat loss, with fewer than 300 individuals remaining.

Pathogens

Dormant Disease

In the icy gloom where old gods sleep, microbes lie in wait with jealous, frozen rage – aching to be freed by the warmth of