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Author Correction: Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions

These authors contributed equally: Brooke A. Williams, Hawthorne L. Beyer Institute for Capacity Exchange in Environmental Decisions, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Brooke A. Williams, Hawthorne L. Beyer, Robin L. Chazdon, Marina Schmoeller, Anazélia M. Tedesco, Diego Bastos & Renato Crouzeilles School of Biology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Brooke A. Williams & Jonathan R. Rhodes School of the […]

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why Indigenous researchers often face double duty

When Amanda Black started university in New Zealand in 1995, she got her first taste of discrimination. Black is an Indigenous person to New Zealand who comes from a rural community, and several wealthier, white students told her that she must have received special privileges to attend university, that her ability was inferior and that […]

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Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms

Halloween, celebrated on 31 October, originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, during which people lit bonfires and wore costumes to ward off spirits. Today, it’s a holiday synonymous with not just witches and ghouls, but also crows, bats, owls, snakes and other ‘spooky’ creatures. Nature asked nine scientists what inspired them to study […]

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How biodiversity credits could help to conserve and restore nature

Workers plant trees in the outskirts of Bogotá as part of a reforestation project.Credit: Florian Kopp/imageBroker/Shutterstock This year’s Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum ranked ‘biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse’ as one of the three most severe risks that societies face over the next ten years, alongside ‘extreme weather’ and ‘critical change to […]

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