It's becoming harder and harder for animals to find human-free spaces on the planet. New research suggests that to try to avoid people, mammals are shifting activity from the day to the nighttime.
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Three researchers studied the "crop raiders" of the Brazilian rainforest in the hope of aiding both local farmers and wildlife conservation.
Military style anti-poaching is often criticised because it alienates communities living around protected areas. But these initiatives give them an incentive to protect the species.
Elephants feeding on crops poses a challenge to their coexistence with humans. Farmers must introduce strategies to reduce losses and avoid lethal action against the endangered species.
Military responses to combat poaching are a problem. They marginalise communities where poachers come from and can have longer term implications.
Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia.
South Sudan is a country where conflict is rife. This has had a knock-on effect on the country's rich and varied fauna, and put conservation programmes in severe crisis.
We tend instinctively to value human lives over non-human ones. But is there a point where the scales might tip the other way?
Lions and leopards seem to prefer cattle belonging to farmers who treat their workers badly. Don't blame the animals – this is a human problem.
Cheetahs face a number of threats in the Maasai Mara landscape but there are efforts underway to help them overcome these.
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ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Environment and Culture, Bath Spa University
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Senior research associate, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Morality and Social Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Primate Conservation, University of Kent
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Senior Lecturer in Landscape and Biodiversity Conservation, University of Kent
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Professor, School of Psychology, University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sheffield
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Associate Professor of Geography, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate, University of Stirling
