Researchers Report a Staggering Decline in Wildlife. Here’s How to Understand It

tl;dr some wildlife surveys have very low n, so their results lack statistical power, although the overall picture remains gloomy.

This style of news reporting is odious. Certainly, the paper should put the findings in the context of statistical reliability, and should do so without assuming the reader has statistical knowledge. But this clickbaity 'explainer' fad needs to just disappear. It's like all the headlines are written by otherwise unemployed stand up comics in search of a cheap laugh, and journalists are revising their standards of writing downward to match. Every story now is like AAAAAAH! Why you should stop reacting to jump scares.