Ecology

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Science & Tech	Lessons From Lake Tanganyika’s Scale Eating Fish The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world. Jeffrey McKinnon \| Nov 30, 2023
Environment	Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions Thom van Dooren's new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity. Tara Lohan / The Revelator \| Jan 9, 2023
Environment	Grandma’s ‘Bawena’: On the Kinship of Plants and People My family introduced me not only to plant knowledge but also to a frame through which I place myself into my environment and universe. Enrique Salmón \| Nov 14, 2022
Environment	City of Weeds: Tracing the Origins of the Urban Ecological Imaginary Geographer and urbanist Matthew Gandy explores the fascinating history of spontaneous forms of urban nature. Matthew Gandy \| Feb 22, 2022
Environment	Restoration's Ambition With restoration at the center stage of global commitments to achieve sustainable development goals, reverse declines in biodiversity, and mitigate climate change, the need to bring the practice up to date could not be more urgent. Eric Higgs \| Nov 18, 2021
Environment	Frogs Want to Be Heard. Yannick Dauby Is Listening. For nearly two decades, French sound artist Yannick Dauby has journeyed all over Taiwan capturing the songs of frogs. Tobias Fischer \| Jul 1, 2021
Science & Tech	Everything Is Wrong: Bernie Krause’s Concept of 'Biophony' If soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause’s theories are true, then animal song is part of a far more complex and all-encompassing sound world. Tobias Fischer \| Jul 30, 2020