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Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
Climate change is a huge threat to Madagascar’s four forest types – urgent action is needed to ensure they don’t disappear completely.
Perjalanan aktif dapat membantu mengatasi krisis iklim lebih awal daripada kendaraan listrik – bahkan hanya dengan menukar mobil dengan sepeda untuk satu perjalanan sehari.
Natural disasters cause billions in damage to ports around the world each year.
Prehistoric reptiles like pterodactyls took flight long before bats and birds, but we don’t know how it happened.
The left was split over whether Nato expansion had prompted the Ukraine invasion or whether it was an act of imperial aggression that must be opposed.
A new gecko species in New Zealand was named te mokomoko a Tohu in consultation with a local Māori tribe. This could be a good example for how taxonomists might approach the naming of new species.
How Chaucer’s medieval Wife of Bath continues to make her voice heard
The findings suggest that poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and levels of local human development are higher.
How the artist found endless variety in the daily view from his bed, cycling through the seasons with kaleidoscopes of light, colour, texture, form and space.
Perusahaan-perusahaan yang menguji coba empat hari kerja dalam seminggu sedang mempertimbangkan untuk menjadikan sistem ini permanen.
Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Human-wildlife conflict can undermine public support for conservation.
The jewellery and human remains discovered at a recent excavation in Northamptonshire shed light on the elite position of some newly-Christian women in seventh century England.
A US national lab has proved we can the fusion process can be used to produce energy, but it’s just the first step in a very long process.
Scientists join their profession with the hope their research will benefit humanity. But many still inadvertently exploit local collaborators or communities as cheap labour.
Countries have voted to limit the international shark trade, but this fails to account for the diversity in fishing contexts around the world.
Why countries need to shift what their citizens eat, and what the optimum diet for our planet might be. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Ukrainians were initially welcomed with open arms in Poland, but there are signs the relationship might be becoming a little strained.
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Director of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
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Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiology, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Music, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Climate Change Biology, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher in Economics, University of Oxford
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Faculty of History, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford
