Articles Tagged with “population”

51 Articles found tagged with “population”.

  • Bushmeat Hunting Driving Biodiversity Loss

    A new study has found that hunting for the bushmeat trade has dramatically reduced wildlife biodiversity in the forests near rural villages in Gabon, Central Africa.

    By Alex Taylor on 11th December 2016
  • The Big Deer Debate

    Deer are never far from the press in recent times; debated tirelessly and inspiring fierce devotion from people both sides of the cull or not to cull divide. Some seek to control deer, to cull them in aid of economic or environmental gains; others to preserve them for sport or out of sheer goodwill.

    By James Common on 7th February 2016
  • The Devil’s Return

    New research has assessed the ecological impact of returning Tasmanian devils to the mainland and the results show that doing so would improve Australia’s biodiversity.

    By Alex Taylor on 27th August 2015
  • Resurgence of the World’s Rarest Penguin

    A new study has revealed that shifting trade winds and ocean currents have resulted in a doubling of their population over the past 30 years.

    By Alex Taylor on 18th August 2015
  • Return to Oz – The Recovery of the Humpback Whale

    The west coast population has increased by nine percent and the east coast population has increased by ten percent. These are the highest increases documented worldwide.

    By Alex Taylor on 4th August 2015
  • The Sixth Mass Extinction is Underway

    Using fossil records and extinction counts, the researchers compared a highly conservative estimate of current extinctions with a background rate twice as high as those widely used in previous analyses. This way, they brought the two estimates as close to each other as possible.

    By Alex Taylor on 2nd July 2015
  • The Eastern Cougar Extinction

    Widespread persecution by European settlers led to the downfall of this subspecies. The big cats were killed to protect the settlers and their livestock through hunting, trapping, poisoning and bounty programmes.

    By Alex Taylor on 2nd July 2015