Hay publicaciones que es mejor dejar pasar. Y hay otras que, precisamente porque proceden de quienes tienen la responsabilidad de enseñar, obligan a responder. Acabo de leer en una red social una publicación que responsabiliza a los espacios naturales protegidos y a los defensores de la conservación de buena parte de los grandes incendios que … Read more
What is at stake is society’s right to ensure that decisions affecting its health, land, water, forests, food and future are grounded in knowledge that can be tested, debated and revised Some news reaches us from far away and yet should concern us far more than may seem reasonable at first sight… On 29 May, … Read more
What happens when scientific evidence collides with traditions, interests or collective identities? Not all scientific papers come into being in the same way. Some begin after years of fieldwork, thousands of data points and statistical analyses. Others arise from something more uncomfortable: a persistent sense that there is an important question that almost no one … Read more
El verdadero valor de algo no se mide por los discursos que pronunciamos cuando existe, sino por los esfuerzos que estamos dispuestos a realizar para conservarlo cuando corre el riesgo de desaparecer. Hace unas semanas descubrí que la página web de Divulgare, un proyecto de divulgación científica en el que llevamos trabajando cerca de dos … Read more
There are certain things people simply cannot travel without. Some never leave home without a camera, others are inseparable from their binoculars, and some carry backpacks stuffed with folded maps. I have a different travel companion: a caliper. Yes, a caliper. It may seem like an unusual tool for someone who travels the world eager … Read more
A few days ago, I read two news stories in Spanish media outlets that, at first glance, seemed completely unrelated. The first reported the presence of feral dog packs occupying areas of the Cantabrian Mountains where wolf packs had previously been recorded. The second described the outcome of a capercaillie reintroduction program in Castilla y … Read more
We live in an era in which science is increasingly associated with large databases, complex models, high-throughput sequencing, and sophisticated statistical analyses. Yet, more often than not, knowledge begins in a much simpler way: with an unexpected observation made in the field. We have just published a short scientific note that originated precisely in this … Read more
Some scientific papers are remembered because of their findings. Others because of the place where the work was carried out. And a few—perhaps the most special ones—because of the people with whom the experience was shared. This small paper belongs to the latter category. After more than twenty years of sharing field trips, conversations about … Read more
Acabamos de publicar un nuevo estudio sobre Moricandia arvensis que, para quienes llevamos años trabajando con este sistema, supone un paso especialmente satisfactorio. No tanto por los resultados concretos, que ya de por sí son reveladores, como por la metodología que proponemos y que creemos que puede ser útil mucho más allá de esta especie. … Read more
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