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Prince William Calls for Better Support for Wildlife Conservationists on South Africa Visit

11 November 2024

Barbary macaques : threatened and unique.

05 December 2018

Forest lives are changing, with combined human/insect threats.

13 November 2017

The North Sea totally explored (twice) by OCEANA.

28 August 2017

Extinction or habitat management - the stark choice.

04 July 2017

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Gill rakers demand threatens manta and mobula rays

Gill rakers demand threatens manta and mobula rays

Mobula tarapacana via Shutterstock The manta ray (M. birostis) and the mobula attract people wherever they can be seen. Unfortunately, it's unlikely they will now be seen by many. Without...

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Study suggests human behaviour impacts upon seed evolution

Study suggests human behaviour impacts upon seed evolution

Bee collecting pollen via Shutterstock A study published in the Journal of Biological Conservation has contributed further to the concerns regarding human impact upon plant evolution. It has become increasingly...

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Desperation shows after black year for rhinos

Desperation shows after black year for rhinos

Baby Black Rhinoceros via Shutterstock 2011 is the year that the rhino, and its friends, will never want to see repeated again; twelve months that have witnessed a bloody new...

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Record illegal ivory seizures in 2011

Record illegal ivory seizures in 2011

African elephant via Shutterstock Large seizures of illegal ivory from at least 2,500 elephants hit an all-time high during 2011, according to a top environmental group. At least 13 seizures...

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Spoon-billed Sandpipers Star at Slimbridge

Spoon-billed Sandpipers Star at Slimbridge

Spoon-billed Sandpiper; Credit: © Martin J McGill/WWT Many sponsors such as Walt Disney are supporting this appealing international attempt to bring back one of the many birds that are becoming...

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We may witness the end of the Canadian seal trade

We may witness the end of the Canadian seal trade

Baby harp seal via Shutterstock The concept of supply and demand is simple enough to understand, but when the product in demand is seal skin, providing the commodity is less...

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