Studying carnivore ‘kill rates’ – typically the number of prey killed over time – can help us better understand the role of apex predators in ecosystems across the globe.
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Formerly one of the world’s largest markets for tiger bone, new research sheds light on the current situation in South Korea.
From the moment a male lion is born it faces a gauntlet of challenges, ranging from snakebite to infanticide.
Measures to address tensions between wildlife and humans are critical for Tanzania.
About 8,000 lions are being held in facilities across South Africa. In some cases, a legal operation is plugged into an illicit trade network.
Researchers are analyzing the fossil cranium of a Smilodon fatalis that lived more than 13,000 years ago to learn more about the lifestyle of this iconic big cat.
New research studies the factors that determine whether large carnivore reintroductions will be a success.
Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
Bans on importing hunting trophies risk harming, not helping, endangered species.
An Africa-based conservation expert explains why trophy hunting has not delivered for wildlife in most parts of Africa, and that local communities benefit next to nothing from its continued practice
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As humans and wildlife come into closer contact, it is crucial to ensure that there's a relationship that benefits both people and animals.
Food-sharing by animals that hunt in groups is not well understood. A new study sheds light on African wild dogs.
African wild dogs are used to evading hyenas and lions. Genetic research suggests they are using the same strengths to get around human development as well.
When planning a translocation, the genetics of the lion must be taken into account.
A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 protocols should be extended to areas in which there is a human-animal interface such as zoos, wildlife sanctuaries and game farms.
One in 200 jaguars are likely to be affected by dams, versus one in five tigers.
The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats and bizarre drama.
Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.
Presenting accounts of technological success in captive lion breeding against the backdrop of rapidly diminishing wildlife loss lets humans off the hook too easily.
India’s last cheetah was killed 70 years ago. Should the country import a different subspecies from Namibia?
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Research associate, Griffith University
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Research Associate at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Leiden University
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge; Director of Research, Good Governance Africa, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Conservation Biology & Ecology, Montana State University
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Research and Training Manager, Wildlife &Ecological Investments, Tshwane University of Technology
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Conservation Geography, University of Helsinki
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Senior research associate, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoc with the Elephant Listening Project at BRP, Cornell University
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Post Doctoral Fellow Zoology and the Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University
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