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A meerkat at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. The Zoo has recently announced an expansion that will double its size. AAP Image/Stefan Postles

June 14, 2017

Zoos aren’t Victorian-era throwbacks: they’re important in saving species

Alienor Chauvenet, The University of Queensland

Zoos' role in conservation is divisive, but in Australia they could be critical in securing and even recovering threatened species.

The southern ground hornbill is endangered in South Africa. Lucy Kemp

February 2, 2016

How to reverse the decline of southern ground hornbills

Rob Little, University of Cape Town

Reintroduction programs can really help stop the decline of the southern ground hornbills.

One of the several precious giant tortoises recently found on Volcano Wolf, Galápagos Islands. Luciano Beheregaray

January 7, 2016

How we rediscovered ‘extinct’ giant tortoises in the Galápagos Islands – and how to save them

Luciano Beheregaray, Flinders University and Adalgisa 'Gisella' Caccone, Yale University

When 100-year-old giant tortoise Lonesome George died in 2012, the world thought his species was lost forever. We went to the Galápagos Islands looking for 'extinct' tortoises – and we found them.

Squirrel gliders aren’t at risk, and hands-on conservation can keep them that way. David M. Watson

October 20, 2015

Want good conservation? Treat animals like trees, and ‘plant’ them in new areas

David M Watson, Charles Sturt University and Maggie J. Watson, Charles Sturt University

We're familiar with the idea of releasing almost-extinct species into new areas. By doing the same with common animals, we can help stop their population numbers getting into the same perilous state.

Top contributors

David M Watson
Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
Rob Little
Manager: DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town
Maggie J. Watson
Postdoctoral researcher in ecology, conservation and parasitology, Charles Sturt University
Luciano Beheregaray
Professor in Biodiversity Genetics and ARC Future Fellow, Flinders University
Adalgisa 'Gisella' Caccone
Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
Alienor Chauvenet
Alienor Chauvenet is a Friend of The Conversation.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland