AI helps tell snow leopards apart, improving population counts for these majestic mountain predators

Conservationists have to search rough terrain and thousands of automated photographs to find the elusive cats. Artificial intelligence can help them work more accurately and more efficiently.

Eve Bohnett, Assistant Scholar, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, University of Florida • conversation
June 18, 2025 • ~9 min

The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer

A new archaeological study finds early evidence of white-tailed deer declines in the 17th century, likely driven by the commodification of deerskins under colonial capitalism.

Elic Weitzel, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution • conversation
May 29, 2025 • ~8 min

If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

Timothy Neal Coulson, Professor of Zoology and Joint Head of Department of Biology, University of Oxford • conversation
April 15, 2025 • ~7 min

Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights. Now they need people who will defend these rights in court

Let’s train an army of nature protectors to speak for nature itself – not for what it can provide for humans.

Oluwabusayo Wuraola, Lecturer in Law, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
March 28, 2025 • ~8 min

How North Sea tanker collision could affect one of Britain’s most important coastlines

A large tanker has released jet fuel into the sea near crucial seal and seabird breeding spots, say local marine ecologists.

Sue Hull, Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Hull • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~7 min

Parasites are ecological dark matter – and they need protecting

Save the pandas, sure, but what about the worms in their guts?

Simon Goodman, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Leeds • conversation
March 10, 2025 • ~9 min

Five ways humans have scuppered the love lives of animals

Struggling to find love? So is the rest of the animal kingdom.

Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Feb. 13, 2025 • ~7 min

Lynx in Scotland: why illegal attempts to reintroduce lost species are surprisingly common

Guerrilla rewilders want to atone for past extinctions and create more vibrant ecosystems.

Hanna Pettersson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York • conversation
Jan. 14, 2025 • ~9 min

Many species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse – new study

Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.

Joseph Williamson, Research Fellow in Biological Responses to Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 9, 2025 • ~6 min

Species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse

Plants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study.

Joseph Williamson, Research Fellow in Biological Responses to Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 9, 2025 • ~6 min

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