Conservation

Sidebar

Categories

Recent Blogs

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

Dingo rules - both kangaroos and nutrient supplies.

10 May 2017

Blog Tags

Islands and their biodiversity

featured Islands and their biodiversity

When islands and archipelagos illustrate biodiversity, we need to understand how they operate as niches, otherwise conservation, even underwater, will be hindered.Raja Ampat in Indonesia; Credit: © Shutterstock When animals...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Feed the birds, but what about vultures?

Feed the birds, but what about vultures?

The research in bird conservation has to be strict and unemotional, otherwise the true interest of a species gives way to personal bias. However, science is dispassionate and nobody really...

On by Paul Robinson 0 Comments

Dolphin calves born in the Mekong

Dolphin calves born in the Mekong

How many species will become extinct in the near future, as rivers are reduced in flow and rainforests are torn down? Photographs like this from Roland Seitre could play a...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

To log or not to log: Poland’s forest legacy.

To log or not to log: Poland’s forest legacy.

There are so many species in this biodiverse and primeval forest, you would think you were in SE Asia. The bison is very rare however, just like those endangered creatures...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

How fish may survive and even increase their populations

How fish may survive and even increase their populations

This is one of the large Indo-Pacific fish that migrate moderate distances near LMMAs in order to spawn, the brown-marbled grouper, Epinephrus fuscoguttatus. Grouper image; Credit: © Shutterstock Peter A...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

New Species of Rafflesia for Philippines.

New Species of Rafflesia for Philippines.

The white central disc seems to be a prescriptive feature of this wonderful new surprise for the Philippines. It is a Rafflesia species, growing only at the base of 2...

On by Paul Robinson 0 Comments

Parrots that can't fly or breed

Parrots that can't fly or breed

This youngster is still a Big Bird, being the infamous, mossy and plump flightless parrot, the . Her name is Ruapeke and she was hatched after her egg was crushed...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments