Conservation

A small pocket of conservation in Iran

The best is the biggest for some, and this guy can certainly effect the release of conservationism in Iran; Persian leopard image; Credit: © Shutterstock The Persian leopard is the...

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The extinction of mammals

Ancestral to ourselves, small mammals such as the tree shrews, Tupaia glis, normally dominate the native forests of SE Asia. Not any more. Tree-shrew image; Credit: © Shutterstock Throughout Thailand,...

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The Wilding of Europe

The Eurasian lynx is a lot better off than its cousin, the Iberian species. With more space to wander and many populations, it is now being allowed to recover from...

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Stoat invasion

If you've ever seen a stoat, Mustela erminea, attracting the attention of rabbits, so that it can attack and kill them, then you have seen one of nature's technicians working...

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Indonesia to deport Ford?

This Sumatran tiger cub, Panthera tigris sumatrae feels at ease, but almost all of this critically-endangered sub-species have been exterminated in the tiny natural habitat that remains, tucked between oil-palm...

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Cheetah's 'conserved' by dogs

This Tanzanian cheetah has few of the worries that Namibian animals had when farmers started shooting them as goat-killers. Twins are quite common among cheetahs and brothers can often hunt...

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Bluefin tuna - the end?

The Mediterranea/Sicilian fishing method is to trap the wild Bluefin in nets and maintain them in a tonnara. This group consist of some very large animals that would fetch equally...

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Kemp's Ridley turtles saved by science?

On the way out? This little turtle is heading out of Mexican waters, hopefully on the way to a better future after the species' recent demise; Kemp's Ridley image Credit:...

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