A group of scientists say now is the time to talk about reintroducing jaguars (Panthera onca) into the U.S.
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2021
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The Karukinka natural park on Chile's side of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago guards a treasure trove of ancient beech trees saved from the chainsaws of loggers.
Ecology
Apr 23, 2021
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A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and working closely with experts from the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon (ANPN) compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta ...
Ecology
Apr 15, 2021
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A new study revealed that a drastic reduction of deaths of one of Africa's rarest primates, the Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii), followed the installation of four speedbumps along a stretch of road where the species ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2021
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Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research, the potential range of African elephants could be more than five times larger than its current extent.
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2021
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Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Congo Program and the Nouabalé-Ndoki Foundation found that female putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) use males as "hired guns" to defend from predators ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2021
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Uncovering detailed travel patterns and habitat use of sharks along and across shelf territories has been historically challenging—especially for most pelagic shark species—which remain offshore for most of their lives. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2021
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A new study in the journal Conservation Science and Practice finds that restaurants in urban areas in Central Africa play a key role in whether protected wildlife winds up on the menu.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2021
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An endangered turtle bred in captivity laid eggs for the first time in Cambodia, conservationists said this week, in a massive win for animal protection in the kingdom.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2021
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A team of marine scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed that southern Africa's most threatened endemic shark—the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2021
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