Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.

Rebecca Niemiec, Assistant Professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~10 min

As attitudes toward wild predators shift, Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.

Rebecca Niemiec, Assistant Professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~10 min


As human population grows, people and wildlife will share more living spaces around the world

As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows where the largest changes will occur.

Deqiang Ma, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan • conversation
Aug. 21, 2024 ~6 min

Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers’ catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn’t likely to help

Whether they’re going to cook a fish, have it mounted or just take a photo and then release it, anglers want more than a severed head. But with shark numbers rebounding, they’ve got competition.

James Marcus Drymon, Associate Extension Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Mississippi State University • conversation
Aug. 20, 2024 ~9 min

Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose

Conflicts between herders and the wild ancestors of their yaks, camels and reindeer are a serious threat to both people and wildlife, writes a scientist who has seen these clashes firsthand.

Joel Berger, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Colorado State University • conversation
July 3, 2024 ~9 min

Wildlife selfies harm animals − even when scientists share images with warnings in the captions

The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.

Andrea l. DiGiorgio, Lecturer and Post Doctoral Researcher in Biological Anthropology, Princeton University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 ~9 min

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Why Arne Næss’s ideas of ‘deep ecology’ can help us live with wolves.

Nora Ward, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Galway • conversation
Dec. 21, 2023 ~7 min

Digitized records from wildlife centers show the most common ways that humans harm wild animals

Hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers across the US and Canada treat sick and injured animals and birds. Digitizing their records is yielding valuable data on human-wildlife encounters.

Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2023 ~8 min


Wolf protection in Europe has become deeply political – Spain's experience tells us why

Some European countries view wolf protection differently to others. A look at Spain’s experience may explain why.

Hanna Pettersson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York • conversation
Oct. 16, 2023 ~8 min

G20 summit's plan to scare off monkeys by mimicking their 'natural enemies' may work – but not for the reasons it's supposed to

Rhesus macaques are known for harassing people in New Delhi, where the G20 summit is being held, so authorities are taking action – but is it the right action?

Isabelle Catherine Winder, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University • conversation
Sept. 8, 2023 ~7 min

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