Conservation programs can give baby animals the best chance of surviving in the wild by feeding them tough foods, which studies of rats suggest makes their skull bones thicker and tougher.
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A farming community in north-west Spain may hold the answer to coexistence with wild carnivores.
Australia’s largest parrot has just been listed as an endangered species. Here’s why they’re in trouble – but it’s not too late to save them.
The scientists who discovered that a giant panda’s distinctive markings provide camouflage from predators tell us about their latest work
New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the state of the environment, but
many don’t feel a strong enough connection to nature to become involved in conservation projects.
World leaders are slowly learning from decades of failure on tropical forest conservation.
It’s been 80 years since the last undisputed sighting of the striking black-and-white bird. The U.S. government believes the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct — but many will keep searching for it.
Rabbits destroy huge numbers of critical regenerating seedlings over more than half the continent. This has devastating flow-on effects for the rest of the ecosystem. So how do we control them?
If we all collect and understand scientific data as citizens, we’ll be a step closer to a society able to make better collaborative decisions.
Nations must work with their neighbours to manage and protect species and human rights. An international environmental deal called the Escazú Agreement shows what’s possible.
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
Five strategies must be applied to save the Javan rhino from the brink of extinction.
Conservation must be carried out by local communities to be most effective, new research shows.
Ecolabelled seafood fetches higher prices in supermarkets, giving retailers and producers the incentive to up their sustainability game.
The electric Pokemon’s real-life muse is charged with degrading the vast meadows of the Tibetan Plateau.
About 60% of Mexico’s forests are managed by local communities. A scholar who has studied the forests for 30 years explains how this system protects the forests and the people who oversee them.
Elephants avoided areas where others were poached.
Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted. So what’s the best way to protect these iconic animals from fires?
L’opinion généralement acceptée est que Madagascar n'a pas de chats indigènes, pourtant ils sont très nombreux.
Which species are becoming endangered and which are recovering, according to the IUCN World Conservation Congress?
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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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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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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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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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
