Hunting the apes 

Africa’s great apes, apes and monkeys thrive in forests with plenty of fruit-bearing trees. They eat of the fruit and subsequently spread the trees’ seeds. People, on the other hand, hunt apes and other wild animals for food, and have done so for over 40 000 years. When only small groups of people subsist on game meat, the balance of...

Diversity in a warmer world

Opinion by Henrik Smith, Professor of Biodiversity at Lund University 2013 After an unusually long and cold winter, I am enjoying the sun on this May day. When you see the new growth sprouting and hear the buzzing of the queen bees looking for a nest, it is difficult to...