Windows on nature

Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2025. Health benefits of viewing nature through windows: A meta-analysis. BioScience 75, 628-636. Experiencing nature offers numerous health and well-being benefits, particularly for urban residents. Although the benefits of…

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Worms by light

Cai, J., Bennie, J. & Gaston, K.J. 2025. Altered surface behaviour in earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) under artificial light at night. Oecologia 207, 114. Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been spreading rapidly globally,…

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Not always geography

Zhang, W., Grenyer, R., Gaston, K.J. & Sheldon, B.C. 2024. Challenging the geographic bias in recognising large-scale patterns of diversity change. Diversity and Distributions 30, 13-25. Aim: Geographic structure is a fundamental…

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15th horizon scan

Sutherland, W.J., Bennett, C., Brotherton, P.N.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Butterworth, H.M., Clarke, S.J., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., Hughes, A.C., James, J., Kaartokallio, H., Le Roux, X., Lickorish,…

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Shifting baselines are common

Shifting baselines are common

Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Global synthesis indicates widespread occurrence of shifting baseline syndrome. BioScience 74, 686-694. As environmental degradation continues at local, regional, and global levels, people’s accepted norms for natural…

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