By Severin Hauenstein, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Julian Blanc, Carsten F. Dormann & Colin M. Beale - Natural Communications Abstract Poaching is contributing to rapid declines in elephant populations across Africa. Following high-profile changes in the political...
By Caitlin E. Black, Hannah S. Mumby and Michelle D. HenleyFrontiers in Zoology Abstract Background Researchers often document wildlife surveys using images. These images contain data that can be used to understand alterative research objectives, even years after they...
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Erin K. Buchholtz1,2,3,4*, Lauren Redmore2,4,5, Lee A. Fitzgerald1,2,3, Amanda Stronza2,4,5, Anna Songhurst4,6 and Graham McCulloch4,6 1Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United...
John Jackson, Dylan Z. Childs, Khyne U. Mar, Win Htut and Virpi Lummaa Abstract Maintaining sustainable populations in captivity without supplementation through wild-capture is a major challenge in conservation that zoos and aquaria are working towards. However, the...
Summary Animal culture, defined as “information or behavior—shared within a community—which is acquired from conspecifics through some form of social learning” (1), can have important consequences for the survival and reproduction of individuals, social groups, and...
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum For the first time, scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and the Senckenberg Research Station for Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar conducted a detailed comparison of the mechanical...
By Peter H. Sand Abstract Commercial trade in ivory remains one of the major threats to the survival of an iconic wildlife resource: the elephant, in particular the African species (Loxodonta africana). At its 2016 Johannesburg meeting, the Conference of the Parties...
Samuel K. Wasser1,*, Amy Torkelson1, Misa Winters1, Yves Horeaux1, Sean Tucker1, Moses Y. Otiende2, Frankie A.T. Sitam3 Abstract Rapid growth in world trade has enabled transnational criminal networks to conceal their contraband among the...
Liudmila Osipova Moses M. Okello Steven J. Njumbi Shadrack Ngene David Western Matt W. Hayward Niko BalkenholJournal of Applied Ecology ABSTRACTFencing is one of the most common methods of mitigating human‐wildlife conflicts. At the...
Avaaz in collaboration with University of Oxford and Elephant Action League - July, 2018 Despite being a major donor for elephant protection and conservation in Africa, the EU is still presiding over a thriving domestic trade in ivory. Within Europe, it is still legal...