Cambridge Core BlogOver harvesting could wipe out water frogs in parts of Turkey
Water frogs could become regionally extinct in part of their native Turkey in a little over a decade because too many are being taken for food. …
Tag archive: Oryx
Ecotourism transforms attitudes to marine conservation
An Oryx study has shown how ecotourism in the Philippines has transformed people’s attitudes towards marine conservation. Researchers from the University of Victoria in Canada and Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE), visited three sites where tourists pay to swim with whale sharks in the wild.…
Warming mountaintops put snake at risk of extinction
Climate change is a key factor contributing to the likely extinction of the Greek Meadow Viper, a new study has found. …
Dances with cranes: the rise of the Sarolga
The Buralga legend tells of an Australian Aboriginal woman famed for her dancing, who was turned into a brolga by a jealous magician.…
Biodiversity conservation in Madagascar: the plight of the tenrecs
Tenrecs are a diverse family of 31 small mammal species found on the tropical island of Madagascar. Whilst rampant deforestation means one in five tenrecs is threatened with extinction, most conservation attention in the country is focused on larger, more charismatic species, such as lemurs.…
First country-wide distribution survey of the Endangered Asian elephant: towards better elephant conservation and management in Sri Lanka
Asian elephants are a paradox in many ways. They are an Endangered species whose global population is less than one tenth of that of African elephants.…
Improving the motivation and job satisfaction of wildlife park rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Working as a park ranger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is no easy task. The salary is low, the work is dangerous and physically demanding, and their efforts can sometimes see rangers being rejected by their own communities.…
Identifying conservation priorities for the Critically Endangered Balkan Lynx
A detailed IUCN Red List assessment placed the Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) just one step away from extinction.…
Tales and trails from the mountains: in search of the ‘Himalayan gold’
The communities who historically lived in the upper region of the western Himalaya were associated with ancient silk routes used for trans-border trade between Tibet and the lowlands of India.…
Intensifying natural forest for coffee production affects mammals in Ethiopia
Researchers of the Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO) found that intensification of natural forest for coffee production alters large mammal communities.…
The extinction of the Mexican endemic Catarina Pupfish Megupsilon aporus and the sixth mass extinction
Species extinction is one of the most severe, and a truly irreversible, environmental problems facing our planet. Thousands of species have gone extinct in the last 100 years, and many more are at risk.…
Riparian forest protection is crucial to the long-term viability of the endangered proboscis monkey
Nearly half of all primate species are threatened with extinction, with habitat destruction being the biggest threat to their survival. Studies on the impact of habitat changes on primate populations are limited and often based on inferences because primates are long-lived mammals with slow life cycles, and generally respond very slowly to environmental changes.…