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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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Conservation is too conservative in the UK

Conservation is too conservative in the UK

The native and popular (even in fiction) dormouse is Muscardinus avellanarius , while the edible dormouse, Glis glis is a much larger beast that is well established in a small...

On by Paul Robinson 0 Comments

Watch the whale population in Norway!

Watch the whale population in Norway!

Minke whales such as in this excellent pic apparently make up most of the Norwegian catch. The effect on whale watching in Norwegian waters, and in neighbouring countries will be...

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Blue Shark life and death in the Azores

Blue Shark life and death in the Azores

They roam the oceans far from any land, but all we see of the blue shark is the catch of coastal fishermen; Blue shark image; Credit: © Shutterstock Sharks are...

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Another extinct cetacean?

Another extinct cetacean?

The only photograph of the vacquita is NOAA's surface pic, showing the shy, short creature avoiding the boat as far as possible; Vaquita image; Credit: © National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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Ant eater lovers wanted

Ant eater lovers wanted

The unbelievable sight of a giant ant eater, marching over the forest clearing in all her glory. Even better, with a youngster on her back! Myrmecophagus image; Credit: © Shutterstock...

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Diverse worlds of animals and plants disappearing

Diverse worlds of animals and plants disappearing

The short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, is found throughout Australia, but relatives such as the long beaked species were lost as recently as 10,000 years ago. They still survive in Papua...

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Gorillas see tourists by appointment

Gorillas see tourists by appointment

The leader of the gang. Each of the 4 habituated gorilla groups in Bwindi has a silverback male as leader. In non-habituated groups he is liable to defend his females...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Sea change in Europe is slow

Sea change in Europe is slow

From the tip of Scotland as far south as the Channel Islands, British waters can abound with life-where the fish stocks haven't been removed by industrial levels of fishing from...

On by Colin Ricketts 0 Comments