Wildlife News·4 min read
Snow Leopard Monitoring Across the Altai Range
What camera-trap records can and cannot tell us about change in mountain habitat.
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Wildlife News·4 min read
Otter Habitat in Britain's Rivers and Estuaries
How waterways, resting places, and development affect this protected mammal.
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Andean Condors and the Challenge of Population Monitoring
Why sightings, repeat surveys, and adult survival all matter for understanding a large scavenger.
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Wolves, Landscape Change, and Evidence from Mountain Regions
What ecological research can show about predators, prey, and changing landscapes.
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Species Science·4 min read
The Hidden Life of the Pangolin
A gentle, nocturnal insect-eater whose survival depends on our willingness to leave it alone.
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Species Science·4 min read
Aye-Aye: Madagascar's Misunderstood Night Forager
Behind the folklore lies a specialised primate with a percussive way of finding food.
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Species in focus
In-depth profiles of animals that shape — or depend on — the ecosystems we cover.
Species Science·4 min read
Fossa: Madagascar's Forest Carnivore
A profile of the ecology and conservation context of Madagascar's largest native carnivore.
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Species Science·4 min read
Saiga Antelope and the Endurance of the Steppe
An overview of a migratory steppe mammal and the changing evidence about its status.
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Species Science·4 min read
The Quiet World of the Pygmy Hippopotamus
A forest-dwelling relative of the river giant, threatened by shrinking West African woodlands.
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Species Science·4 min read
Kakapo: The Flightless Parrot That Refused to Disappear
New Zealand's night parrot survives through one of the most intensive recovery efforts in the world.
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Habitat Dynamics·4 min read
Amazon Floodplain Forests Under Shifting Rainfall
Seasonal inundation drives the productivity of an entire basin — and it is changing.
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Habitat Dynamics·4 min read
Peatlands: The Slow, Wet Carbon Vaults of the North
Waterlogged ground hides one of the planet's most important stores of ancient carbon.
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Habitat Dynamics·4 min read
Kelp Forests as Coastal Habitat
Underwater canopies rebuild whole food webs when given a chance to recover.
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