Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
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The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout Africa.
Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
Savanna grasslands are burnt early in the dry season to reduce the chance of large fires later. But it’s making air pollution worse.
Fire must be allowed to play its natural role.
New research suggests 75% of the rainforest has become less resilient to stress since the early 2000s.
It may not be extinct, but our research suggests the buff-breasted button-quail may only be hanging on by a thread, at best.
Fires in arid Australia are extensive, largely unmanaged, often destructive and significantly under-reported.
Efforts to preserve biodiversity and slow climate change make natural bedfellows.
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
As in humans, environmental changes provoked chimpanzees to develop a diverse range of behaviours.
Not only can plants survive fire, they can use the experience of being burned to prepare themselves for future blazes.
Ecological literacy is needed to guide global tree planting initiatives to avoid damaging some ecosystems.
Africa’s famous animal migrations are increasingly blocked by fences, erected by farmers to keep their livestock safe from disease. But a new approach aims to deliver healthy beef and healthy wildlife.
This massive savannah needs restoration but we can’t rely on food companies to do the hard work.
Forests and savannas are expected to be strongly affected in the coming decades by changing rainfall patterns. But land use will also have a major impact.
Fire has been viewed as the main protagonist in creating Africa’s iconic savannas. However, new research shows that browsing animals created savannas millions of years before fire became important.
Australia’s Great Northern Savannas are the largest and most intact ecosystem of their kind on Earth. But they still face pressure from grazing, mining and agricultural expansion.
Australia may have reputation for vast areas of wilderness, but in reality the continent’s ecosystems have been chopped and diced. Now we need to protect what’s left.
More land is burned in northern Australia during August and October than any other time of the year, and it’s not just a natural disaster.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of Wollongong
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Visiting Scientist, Humboldt University of Berlin
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Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Ecology and Citizen Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
