70 Articles found tagged with “Wildlife”.
A new study suggests that short-term trends in population size and distribution may not be the best way to judge a species extinction risk, if that species is a large, slow-breeding animal. Conservation decisions based on these trends may fail to protect them.
A new study, the first and largest of its kind, has uncovered changing attitudes towards towards wildlife across the USA, in particular, a marked decline in people who believe animals should be used for purposes that benefit humans.
New insights into certain cattle ranching practices have been given by a Kenyan scientist. These will benefit lions as well as one of the animals they prey on, the endangered Jackson’s hartebeest.
The American bumblebee is an important pollinator of Canada’s food crops and trees and shrubs. However, long-term data has shown that it is facing imminent local extinction.
European freshwater fish will be strongly affected by climate change. A new study has shown that species from the Mediterranean region are at high risk, with fish from extreme habitats characterised by heat and drought particularly vulnerable.
A new model has been created that can forecast the location of critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles along the coast of Central and South America. This will aid efforts to decrease bycatch mortality.
Hundreds of threatened species could be at risk of extinction because the time it takes for them to get protection from CITES against the illegal wildlife trade is too slow, and does not keep up to date with scientific knowledge.
Farmland soon to be retired in California’s San Joaquin Desert could play a crucial role in the habitat restoration and protection necessary to conserve the blunt-nosed leopard lizard and other endangered species.
There has been a remarkable comeback of many of the UK’s carnivore species, with new research showing that their population numbers have improved since the 1960s as they recover from harmful human activities that have now stopped.
An innovative technology has been developed to aid koala conservation. Drones and infrared imaging are being utilised to improve spotting them through the eucalyptus trees from the air, a more reliable and less invasive technique.