How dead plants and animals decay, and how living organisms rely on this natural process to survive

One animal’s loss is a gain for hungry creatures with a taste for decay

Investigating the rise of microplastics to understand their real impact, along with methods to reduce their influence on our lives

FRESHWATER FISHES CAN be described as the “forgotten vertebrates.” Despite representing more than half of all fish species, they rarely feature in mainstream conservation. And even within this overloo

For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl