We are happy to welcome Dr. Robert Nasi, the Chief Operating Officer of CIFOR-ICRAF, based in Indonesia, to the Oikos Editorial Board. To know more about him, read our interview below! Website : https://www.cifor.org/research-staff/984/robert-nasi/ What’s your main...
Early body condition and winter climate, not parasites, are key to survival, a long-term study of common buzzards shows. Ottensman et al.'s (2025) article "Surviving in a changing world: weather and juvenile condition matter for a long-lived avian predator, but blood...
Early-blooming non-native dandelions can boost solitary bees' offspring numbers, but their poor nutritional quality may reduce larval survival. A new study titled "Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees" suggests these...
Fluctuating rainfall—not rising temperatures—has had the strongest impact on meerkats reproduction and survival, highlighting the critical role of water availability in shaping population dynamics under climate change. This is shown by Thorley et al.'s (2025) 25-year...
A new study on wild house mice reveals that traits like exploration and risk-taking don’t directly predict problem-solving success, but influence the likelihood of engaging with challenges—highlighting the gap between lab tests and real-world behaviour. This contrast...
