The latest wildlife, ecology and conservation news
On July 1st 2015, Cecil the African lion (Panthera leo) was shot near Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, using a compound bow and arrow by American dentist Walter Palmer. The initial shooting only...
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The trade goes virtual With the advent of technology, and the growth of online marketplaces such as Yahoo and eBay, the illegal wildlife trade has evolved to encompass complex online networks which advertise...
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High up in the mountain ranges of Central and Southern Asia there is a ghost. A ghost that dwells elusively, amongst the frost and the snow. A creature that spends most of its life...
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Bone: Any piece of hard, whitish material making up the skeleton of vertebrates. Ok, so we now know the definition of bone. Great. Now, let’s pick a vertebrate totally at random shall we?...
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Every year, 100,000 pangolins are taken from the wild and sold illegally. That is an alarming rate of roughly one every five minutes, giving it the unenviable title of the world’s most illegally...
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A potentially disastrous scenario to relax the ban on rhino horn sales will be up for debate this week at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of CITES currently...
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Thursday saw the fourth annual World Rhino Day, where campaigners were raising awareness of the plight of the world’s five rhino species, three of which are classified as critically endangered on the IUCN...
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Patronising is not persuading Time and time again I read of conservationists’ frustration with demand for horn, scales, and other wildlife body parts used in traditional Asian medicines. This demand is driving species...
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The least studied of the big cat family, the leopard is considered to be the most adaptable of the big cats; however even this adaptability has not been able to prevent the effects...
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Like most of you, I don’t really keep up with international animal policy news and so missed some of the news from South Africa. After their momentous and controversial decision in December to...
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