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We hear a lot about how humans eating meat is bad for the planet. But if every animal only ate plants, Earth would look dramatically different.
Efforts to preserve biodiversity and slow climate change make natural bedfellows.
It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.
The recent discovery of fragments of a jaw fossil show that at one point, herbivorous reptiles evolved highly complex and efficient teeth.
The historical record is full of surprises – and it could encourage conservationists to think more creatively.
As Chile’s central mountain region warms, guanacos are wandering into trouble.
An animal’s poop may seem like something to avoid, but it’s full of information about the creature that left it there.
A new analysis of an extinct giant kangaroo skull suggests it was adapted to eat tough, woody material - a feeding style not found in any modern marsupials.
In large ecosystems, managing elephant populations so they don’t exceed a certain threshold number is arbitrary.
The focus of CITES is not solely on the protection of species. It also promotes controlled trade that is not detrimental to the sustainability of wild species.
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Emeritus Research Professor of African Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Researcher, National Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Flinders University
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Mammal Collections Manager, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Alberta
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PhD Researcher in Applied Ecology, Universidad de La Serena
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Lecturer in Biology, Teesside University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, King's College London
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University of Alberta
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Lecturer in Physical Geography, Newcastle University
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Researcher in AZARA Foundation and Professor, Herpetology and Paleontology, CAECE University
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Research Ecologist, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Galway
