The animals and plants that only exist in captivity – and why time is running out to restore them to the wild

Surviving solely in zoos and botanic gardens are 33 animal and 39 plant species.

Sarah Elizabeth Dalrymple, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Ecology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2023 • ~8 min

Are the fish in your aquarium happy? Five things to look out for

Why an exploding aquarium in Berlin should destroy prevailing myths about the inner lives of fish.

Matt Parker, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Sleep Science, University of Surrey • conversation
Jan. 18, 2023 • ~6 min

From AIs to an unhappy elephant, the legal question of who is a person is approaching a reckoning

Courts already grapple with the consequences of AI sentience but ignore the same for animals.

Joshua Jowitt, Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University • conversation
June 21, 2022 • ~7 min

Blackfish: how captive killer whale documentary ended SeaWorld's orca breeding programme

Blackfish struck an emotional chord over the plight of a traumatised performing whale, prompting real change.

Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford • conversation
June 21, 2021 • ~7 min

How captive animals are coping with the sudden emptiness of the world's zoos and aquariums

One aquarium in Japan has asked the public to make video calls to captive garden eels so they don't forget about human visitors.

Jessica Rendle, Honorary Postdoctoral Associate in Conservation Medicine, Murdoch University • conversation
May 18, 2020 • ~6 min

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