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One in 200 jaguars are likely to be affected by dams, versus one in five tigers.
The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats and bizarre drama.
An infrastructure boom threatens endangered tigers across Asia. Scientists want to know more about how tigers behave near roads so they can design wildlife-friendly transportation networks.
A production line takes tigers from zoos to be harvested for their meat, skin and bones.
COVID-19 has been found in pets, zoo animals and in a wild mink in Utah. Monitoring wildlife for COVID-19 is important for animals and humans, both of whom face risks from a jumping virus.
How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret’s in their stripes!
A new study forecasts that thousands of miles of new road construction will cut through tiger habitat across Asia by 2050. Planning can make these projects more tiger-friendly.
There are twice as many tigers in the US as there are in the wild.
There are more captive tigers in the US than there are in the wild around the world – and they can be bought for less than some breeds of dog puppies.
For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China, with high demand and speculative investors, that strategy fuels bidding wars.
An exhaustive search involving 44,000 field staff, 318,000 habitat surveys and nearly 35 million photos has revealed India’s tiger population is on the rise.
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Associate Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan
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Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
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Professor of Conservation Science, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine, University of Tennessee
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Postdoctoral Infectious Disease Researcher, Tufts University
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Postdoctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
