It was spring 2017. I was in the middle of my master's program and was rapidly running out of time to find the perfect thesis research project. My ideas had ranged from the unrealistic—a canopy camera-trapping project in ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2020
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Water frogs could become regionally extinct in part of their native Turkey in a little over a decade because too many are being taken for food.
Ecology
May 13, 2020
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A study has shown how ecotourism in the Philippines has transformed people's attitudes towards marine conservation.
Ecology
May 5, 2020
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We all know that habitat loss is pushing many species to the brink of extinction, with the conversion of forests for agricultural use a particular problem.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2020
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Climate change is a key factor contributing to the likely extinction of the Greek Meadow Viper, a new study has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2020
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Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to balance the bushmeat trade with conservation.
Ecology
Mar 5, 2020
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Good news from the Kenyan Taita Hills: the Taita mountain dwarf galago still survives. This was confirmed by researchers working at the University of Helsinki Taita Research Station.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2020
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At dusk, the street lights flicker on around a city park, located not far from the Magdalena River in Colombia. An enormous figure emerges from the shadows. It lumbers forward, stopping to graze on the grass. The scene verges ...
Ecology
Feb 11, 2020
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Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile surveyed ranchers to find out what they thought were the drivers of conflict between people and guanacos ...
Ecology
Feb 6, 2020
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A recent study by the University of Kent has called for an increase in scientific surveys and collection of specimens to confirm the extinction of ultra-rare species.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2020
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