Nature & Wildlife - Page 2

The leopard has lost as much as 75% of its historic range. They once occupied a vast range of approximately 35 million square kilometres throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Even small changes in climate could push these species out of their comfort zone and under the threat of extinction

New research carried out on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea has discovered that, as gun hunting increases, the abundance of the island’s seven monkey species falls

The decline can be traced back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994, which forced hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR), the only country in which the Grauer’s gorilla is found.

In 2010 the amount of turtles nesting dropped significantly. Since then, the species has still not regained an upward trajectory of recovery, and the reason why remains unclear.

In the last 25 years, Sumatra has lost almost half of its forests, and has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. The orangutan’s forest home is being felled and turned into oil palm plantations on a massive scale.

New research, led by Imperial College London, has identified that logging makes rainforests more attractive to black rats.

I feel very lucky to find a job that combines my degree in Conservation Biology and my passion for communications and writing.

Conservation is a notoriously difficult sector to get into, but it is worth it. The best advice I would give is don’t give up.