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Showing posts with label Conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conservation. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Elephants, Giraffes and Rhinos Go Where the Salt Is

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Many protected areas are located in sodium-deficient landscapes. Animals travel long distances in search of salt. Photo Credit: Ray Rui In s...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic

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Image Credit: Projecte Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic An international team led by Covadonga Orejas, a researcher at the Gijón Oceanographic Cen...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Humpback Whales Are Making a Comeback – Here’s One Reason Why

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Photo Credit: © Olga Filatova/SDU When SDU whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five years look...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Conservation: In-Depth Description

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Photo Credit: Tomáš Malík Conservation is the scientific discipline and practice dedicated to the protection, management, and restoration of...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Severe impact of avian flu on southern elephant seals

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Elephant seals on Lagoon Island near Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Photo Credit: Steve Gibbs, BAS New research reveals 47% decline in breeding...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Hawaiian monk seals are far more ‘talkative’ than previously known

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Two adult Hawaiian monk seals interacting under water. Photo Credit: Krista Jaspers A new study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The barred owl’s westward migration threatens other species and a whole ecosystem

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Barred owls, native to the eastern United States and Canada but invasive to the west, prey on a wide range of species with special conservat...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Three new toad species skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets

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One of the newly described toad species, Nectophrynoides luhomeroensis. Photo credit: John Lyarkurwa An international team of researchers ha...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Angling best practices are essential to promote shark survival

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A male porbeagle shark caught off the coast of Scotland. Photo Credit James Thorburn Most sharks in UK waters survive catch-and-release fish...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Polar bears act as crucial providers for Arctic species

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Photo Credit: Credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance A new study published in the scientific journal Oikos reveals for the first time the ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Canopy walkways provide a safe way for rainforest mammals to cross the forest

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A canopy walkway at the Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) Field Station in the Napo-Sucusari Biological Reserve, located 40 mi...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

African Wildlife Poop Sheds Light on What Shapes the Gut Ecosystem

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Photo Credit: James C. Beasley A study of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in Namibia’s Etosha National Park underscores the ways in w...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Lessons from Ascension’s shark troubles could help boost conservation

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Sharks at the coast of Ascension Island. Photo Credit Kate Downes Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with sharks could help ha...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Critically endangered shark meat sold in US stores

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Image Credit: Gillie Sibrian/UNC-Chapel Hill Critically endangered shark meat is being sold at American grocery stores — often under mislead...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

3D-printed shelters increase baby coral survival rates

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Researchers place the modules onto experimental tables in Kāneʻohe Bay. Photo Credit: Jessica Reichert To dramatically increase coral surviv...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Global ‘Noahʻs Ark’ to safeguard coral reefs, led by UH scientists

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Acropora muricata, Heron Island, Australia. Photo Credit: Claire Lager, Smithsonian In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects o...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Grassland Butterflies – Important Indicators of the State of Nature

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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), a species for which the index shows a positive trend. Photo Credit: Werner Messerschmid With the Grassland B...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Wolf protection downgrade highlights need for adaptive conservation frameworks

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The protected category means greater flexibility in managing wolf populations Photo Credit:  Marcel Langthim Following the European Parliame...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Coral reefs set to stop growing as climate warms

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Dead reef crest on Mexico's Caribbean coast. Photo Credit Chris Perry Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode – a...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Genetic diversity is on the decline, but this trend can be slowed

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Photo Credit:  Tomáš Malík Genetic diversity is crucial to the ability of animals and plants to adapt to changes in the climate and environm...