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Pallbearers carry the casket of Jeff Miller, 53, to his green burial site at the Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, South Carolina

Humans

Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife

If we all abandoned traditional burials and instead were buried in nature reserves, the money raised could help preserve every endangered species on land

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Aerial view of a road cutting through a forest

Life

A third of animals are vanishing as roads spread through forests

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Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

Life

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) in the desert near Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia

Life

Evolution’s rules mean life on Earth isn’t that varied after all

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Alexandre Aebi inspecting one of his hives in his apiary in Switzerland

Life

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent

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We just found nineteen new species of gecko in one tiny area

Earth

We just found nineteen new species of gecko in one tiny area

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Water buffalo grazing in a Welsh marsh

Earth

Large non-native species like donkeys can boost biodiversity

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

Earth

Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

Earth

Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

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wolf and sheep

Earth

Farmland is in retreat. We should make the most of that

Now that more land globally is being revegetated than cleared, we need to figure out how to use this force for ecological good. But it won't be an easy sell

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Earth

Is our environmental future better than we thought?

Culture

Earth

Bringing our soil back to life with the latest in earth science

Culture

Life

150-year-old zombie plants revived after excavating ghost ponds

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Life

Climate change lets invaders beat Alpine plants in mountain race

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