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Did you read about ‘dinosaur trees’ saved in a secret firefighting mission over summer? Well, these mysterious trees are turning up in backyards in 27 different countries.
As Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper learned in New York City’s Central Park, nature is seen as a white space and Black birdwatching as an aberration.
Researchers who visited parks throughout Alberta’s bear and cougar country want to know if parks education is improving park-friendly behaviour.
In the villages of central Gujurat, humans and wildlife are forced to share the same spaces – with varying consequences.
How fast can an animal run? How intense was the fire? Picking which species to help after a bushfire tragedy is no easy task.
South Africa is home to four other seahorse species, but this was the first time a pygmy seahorse had been observed in South Africa, let alone Africa.
The conventional view is that Madagascar has no native cats. Yet, cats are plentiful.
Researchers are using a newly developed satellite tag to study previously unknown aspects of tiger shark reproduction. This approach could be used on other difficult-to-study shark species.
The largest study of insect declines to date gives us the best indication of how species all over the world are faring.
New research identifies areas where species may take refuge as the climate changes and finds they’re largely unprotected.
April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which catalyzed action to protect the environment not just in the US but internationally.
Protected areas in Nigeria are generally hampered by limited funds and resources.
Declaring conservation areas is meant to preserve nature. Why is this approach still failing?
People can still learn a great deal about these mammals while keeping a safe distance.
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
With the 2020 deadline for conserving biodiversity almost past, communities must now play a larger role in conservation.
Scientists thought there was only one sixgill sawshark species – until now.
The game is a fantastic metaphor for understanding how extinctions cause ecosystems to become more fragile.
Unless we know what is in the ocean, we can’t protect the biggest part of the planet.
Top contributors
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
