NEWS AND REPORTS

Bats use 'acoustic flow velocity' to navigate complex environments in darkness

Tiredearth

21 Jan 2026

A long-standing mystery about how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness with remarkable precision, has been solved in a new University of Bristol-led study. The findings are published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

The way Earth's surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew

Tiredearth

21 Jan 2026

Drones reveal how feral horse units keep boundaries

Tiredearth

21 Jan 2026

Soil ecoacoustics: Researchers call for global effort to listen underground

Tiredearth

20 Jan 2026

Healthy soils underpin food security, carbon storage and climate resilience, yet below ground biodiversity is notoriously difficult to monitor.

A 3,000-year high: Alaska’s Arctic is entering a dangerous new fire era

Tiredearth

20 Jan 2026

For thousands of years, wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were rare. That changed sharply in the 20th century, when warming temperatures dried soils and fueled the spread of shrubs, setting the stage for intense fires.

Scientists are rethinking bamboo as a powerful new superfoodScientists are rethinking bamboo as a powerful new superfood

Tiredearth

20 Jan 2026

Bamboo isn’t just fast-growing, it may be a powerful new superfood hiding in plain sight.

Temperature shifts alter honeybee behavior but leave native bees unchanged

Tiredearth

17 Jan 2026

Bees may not necessarily respond differently to ecologically relevant or irrelevant lighting types.

El Niño and La Niña synchronize global droughts and floods, study finds

Tiredearth

13 Jan 2026

Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies.Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies.