The pet trade threatens to decimate some species – and dull nature’s colour palette.
Whitetip sharks amid a school of anthias near Jarvis island in the South Pacific.
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Sharks are much more severely threatened by humans than vice versa. A marine biologist explains how people can help protect sharks and why some strategies are more effective than others.
A hopping mouse from the arid desert of Australia (Notomys). Hopping mice have evolved highly efficient kidneys to deal with the low water environments of Australia’s deserts.
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Australia has more than 60 species of native rodents found nowhere else in the world. New research used museum specimens to find out how they got here.
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
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Monitoring bird population trends in Nigeria is a valuable activity – but it requires trained people and commitment over the long term.
Habitat degradation, insufficient food and water and climate change have led to a decline in the number of North American monarch butterflies, which is now on the IUCN’s Red List.
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The struggles of monarch butterflies reflect a shared North American ecological and social problem.
Indigenous-led conservation economies have immense reconciliatory potential and need to be respectfully supported and engaged.
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Indigenous-led conservation economies have immense reconciliatory potential and need to be respectfully supported and engaged in order to create a new shared and equitable economic system.
The paltry spending means many species severely impacted by the megafires were left in desperate trouble, potentially pushing some closer to extinction.
An Indonesian coastal community, dependent on fishing for income.
Hollie Booth
The true cost of marine conservation often falls on vulnerable coastal communities. Can a ‘beneficiary pays’ approach protect both endangered species and the communities dependent on them?
Butterflies, like this eastern tiger swallowtail, help pollinate plants.
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Susan Gordon, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa y Jeremy Kerr, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Butterflies are important pollinators. To find out how predators affect butterfly populations and diversity, butterfly decoys were used.
Wireless sensors and data systems can help farmers use water much more efficiently by monitoring soil conditions.
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The Agricultural Internet of Things is making farming more efficient. An information technology expert describes some of the challenges of working with sensors and antennas underground.
A large African male lion in a game reserve at night.
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The iconic monarch butterfly has been added to the Red List of endangered species, but hasn’t received protection in the US yet. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The population of western chorus frogs has been declining over the past 60 years and continues to be an issue across Canada.
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Habitat protection and restoration, advanced reproductive technologies and reintroduction procedures could help slow the decline of western chorus frogs and other amphibians.
Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University