Local knowledge systems, which over millennia have been a pillar of people’s livelihoods in many peripheral communities throughout the world, are asked to contribute and help to cope with the uncertainty of the global situation. A new thematic series in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine explores this interdisciplinary space.

As part of our Scientists of the Future series, we talk to Matteo (Nello) Gregori, PhD Student at the University of Warwick, on his journey into environmental research, passion for ‘life at the extreme’, what he envisages is the future for environmental microbiology, and his advice for anyone wanting to pursue a career in it. Nello won the 2021 Environmental Microbiome prize for his talk at the …

For our ‘Scientists of the Future’ series, we talk today to Dr Rebecca Ansorge from the Quadram Institute about her research, what she thinks environmental microbiology research would be like in a few decades’ time, and her advice for anyone interested in pursuing a career in environmental research it. Rebecca won the 2021 Environmental Microbiome prize for her presentation at the Molecular…

Gonzalez et al. take us through their study showing that the frog genus Silverstoneia should no longer be assumed as a non-chemically defended genus.

Chronic wasting disease (also called Zombie deer disease) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects cervids. Prof Michael Tranulis provides an update of the current situation with the emergence of chronic wasting disease in Europe.