An exploration of the natural world through the lens of zoology, climate, culture and conservation, ultimately with the aim to appreciate and reconnect.

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March 2024

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL

Australian Gas Project Threatens Aboriginal Heritage

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The insect apocalypse: how changing our relationship with darkness can help save the insects

February 2022

OTWO Magazine

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Strangling the Florida Everglades

December 2021

OTWO Magazine

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Campbell Young

Sep 11, 2022

Jellies battle for the Black Sea

The invasive comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, has ravaged the Black Sea ecosystem munching through native species. Will the sea ever recover?

Campbell Young

Sep 11, 2022

The snakes that ate Guam

Guam's native fauna have been decimated by invasive snakes as they bite locals and cause thousands of power cuts yearly across the island.

Campbell Young

Sep 11, 2022

How feral camels took over the outback

Australia’s outback has become home to the largest feral population of dromedary camels in the world but are they truly welcome down under?

Campbell Young

Sep 11, 2022

Invasive mosquitoes hitchhike to Europe

Species of aggressive mosquitoes are hitchhiking their way in used tyres to Europe carrying diseases such as dengue. Can we stop the spread?

Campbell Young

Sep 13, 2021

Strangling the Florida Everglades

Florida’s Everglades are under attack from an invasive reptile, now bounty hunters, biologists and locals unite to tackle the threat.

Campbell Young

Jun 28, 2021

Cocaine of the sea

As the cocaine of the sea is trafficked, we are inadvertently driving our planet’s smallest cetacean, the vaquita, to extinction.

How did the world’s largest shark become so big and where is it now?

Campbell Young

Nov 13, 2020

How did the world’s largest shark become so big and where is it now?

Otodus megalodon was the largest shark to ever roam our seas. At 15 meters in length how did an animal so big evolve to dominate the ocean.

Campbell Young

Oct 12, 2020

How Pablo Escobar’s zoo got out of hand

In 1981 Escobar added 4 hippos to his private zoo. After his death the hippos were left to wallow alone. Now there are almost 80 of them.

Parasites and microbiota: how much control do we really have?

Campbell Young

Sep 11, 2020

Parasites and microbiota: how much control do we really have?

The human body harbours trillions of living organisms and thousands of unique species but how much do these microbes control our actions?

Genius mimicry in the Iranian spider-tailed viper

Campbell Young

Jul 29, 2020

Genius mimicry in the Iranian spider-tailed viper

This viper’s tail has been crafted by evolution into a fleshy lure with elongated leg like scales, closely resembling a spider.

Campbell Young

Jul 7, 2020

Chytrid fungus: the amphibian epidemic

The chytridiomycosis panzootic is responsible for the greatest recorded loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease we have ever seen.

Campbell Young

Jun 8, 2020

What happened to the Tasmanian tiger?

The Tasmanian tiger was the largest carnivorous marsupial of recent times. But what happened to them and what role did we play?

The largest animal migration on the planet

Campbell Young

May 6, 2020

The largest animal migration on the planet

The twilight zone is one of the most biodiverse regions we’ve seen and home to the largest animal migration anywhere on earth.

The story of the world’s most trafficked mammal

Campbell Young

Apr 9, 2020

The story of the world’s most trafficked mammal

A global trade network has trafficked over 1 million of these animals from the period of 2000 to 2013 without most of us knowing about it.

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