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Lethal methods and relocation aren't effective, sustainable or humane approaches to human-wildlife conflicts.
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they've been eradicated. Coloradans have strong views on both sides.
Many carnivores are ambush predators. Being seen by their prey can lead to them abandoning the hunt.
Pandas have done more to raise awareness of biodiversity loss than any other species. But they may not be good at stopping it themselves.
The poisoning incident in Guinea-Bissau represents a loss of around 5% of the estimated national population of Hooded Vultures, which makes up 22% of the entire global population.
In the villages of central Gujurat, humans and wildlife are forced to share the same spaces – with varying consequences.
As Chile's central mountain region warms, guanacos are wandering into trouble.
As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
Once hunted into corners of North America, black bears have expanded across the continent since the early 1900s. But bears that end up living near people aren't seeking close encounters.
In Rwanda gorillas have been leaving protected areas to raid sodium rich crops.
Intense and extensive changes mean that the Serengeti-Mara area's wildlife has an unsure future.
Polar bears 'invading' a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere.
The return of white sharks to Cape Cod, Massachusetts was a tourism success story – until a shark killed a swimmer. Can the Cape's residents and visitors learn to share the ocean with these apex predators?
Conflict between people and animals has been on the increase in Tsavo, Kenya.
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.
When humans have conflicts with wildlife, the first reaction is often to cull them. But there's little evidence to show that it works, and removing predators can even backfire and make things worse.
Three researchers studied the "crop raiders" of the Brazilian rainforest in the hope of aiding both local farmers and wildlife conservation.
Many mammals depend on large areas and trans-boundary conservation for their survival. When this is obstructed it can have a catastrophic impact on animal populations.
The US Department of Agriculture kills thousands of predators yearly, mainly for attacking livestock. A conservation biologist explains why this policy is ineffective and ecologically harmful.
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Euan Ritchie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer, Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, The University of Queensland
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Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University
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Policy Coordinator, Lion Program, Panthera, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow Social-Ecological Systems & Resilience, Griffith University
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Lambert Lecturer in Environment (Applied Herpetology), Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Zoological Society of London
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
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Lecturer in Conservation Biology and Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Virginia Tech
