Biodiversité

Here, we used Google search volume data to evaluate global interest in biodiversity and its conservation; and investigated their correlates across countries. We found that during 2013–2020 global searches for biodiversity increased, driven mostly by searches for charismatic fauna. However, searches for conservation actions, driven mostly by searches for national parks, decreased since 2019 likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We further found that economic inequality was negatively correlated with interest in biodiversity and conservation...

Des adhésifs industriels inspirés des pattes de geckos aux danses traditionnelles imitant des mouvements d’animaux, les humains tirent une infinité d’idées de la nature. Or ce biomimétisme révèle souvent des mécanismes sociaux passionnants... Rencontre avec les anthropologues Perig Pitrou et Lauren Kamili qui coorganisent des Rencontres sur ce thème les 24 et 25 septembre, à Marseille.