Limiting Climate Change Means Greater Survival
The first study to explore how limiting climate change to a 1.5oC rise in temperature would benefit species throughout the world has found that the vast majority would survive, especially insects.
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Bringing you the latest articles, opinion and analysis in the conservation world
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Mammals Threatened by Climate Change Struggle to Relocate
A new study has found that many European mammals living in habitats that are threatened by climate change are not able to find new areas to live in.
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Canine Distemper Confirmed in Endangered Big Cat
Infection with canine distemper virus has joined the long list of threats to the endangered Amur leopard, with the first documented case having been identified in a 2 year old female.
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Boat Traffic Threatens Rare Dolphin
Rare bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago are being threatened by boat traffic – scientists are now calling for them to be designated as endangered.
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Hope for Rare Colobus Monkey
The first ever range-wide population census of Zanzibar’s endemic red colobus monkey brings good news and bad.
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New Threat to Forests from Palm Oil Production
Oil palm production in Malaysia has an impact beyond the direct loss of habitat,a new study has shown. It also provides a rich food source for crop-raiding wild boars, which then multiply in big numbers and damage forest trees, preventing regeneration.
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Marine Protected Areas Threatened by Ocean Warming
The species that currently inhabit Marine Protected Areas will be unable to tolerate the rising ocean temperatures that climate change will bring, according to new research.
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New Technology Assists the Protection of Primates
New facial recognition software and an app using state-of-the-art technology can help in the fight to protect endangered primates, more than 60% of which face extinction.
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Turtle Nesting Jeopardised by Microplastics
Tiny pieces of microplastic that persist in the natural environment are accumulating along beaches surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, jeopardising the survival of loggerhead turtles.
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Scientists Stunned by African Bird Decline
A 2-year, 20,000km roadtrip across Botswana undertaken by scientists has confirmed fears that many African bird species are in rapid decline.