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Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

by Adam Cruise | Jan 15, 2022 | Studies

By Rishika Pardikar – EOS. he grazing habits of wild animals like elephants and boars enable long-term carbon storage, according to new research that stresses the need to align climate mitigation goals with biodiversity conservation. Wildlife and open-canopy...
Unique Traits Shouldn’t be the Key Reason for Protecting a Species

Unique Traits Shouldn’t be the Key Reason for Protecting a Species

by Adam Cruise | Jan 13, 2022 | Commentary

By MERRILL SAPP – Earth Island Journal Every animal has a role within its ecosystem, even if we have little knowledge of what that role is. Over summer last year, giraffes were elevated to a new height. Though they are an iconic species, giraffes have never...
Who are the elephants living in the hybridization zone? How genetics may guide conservation to better protect endangered elephants

Who are the elephants living in the hybridization zone? How genetics may guide conservation to better protect endangered elephants

by Adam Cruise | Nov 18, 2021 | Studies

By Julie Bonnald, Jose Utge, Mary K. Kuhner, Samuel K. Wasser, Edward Asalu, John Paul Okimat, Sabrina Krief – Science Direct Highlights • 91 individuals were sampled in the Ugandan elephant hybridization zone. • No forest elephants were detected in the sampled...
Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen

Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen

by Adam Cruise | Oct 1, 2021 | Commentary

By Harry Wells, Nora Ward & Ramiro D. Crego – The Conversation Imagine driving through a lush, green landscape in France or Germany and spotting a herd of elephants roaming freely. As absurd as that might seem, it was only 10,000 years ago that...
Climate change could see elephants’ ears grow larger as animals ‘shape-shift’ to survive, study suggests

Climate change could see elephants’ ears grow larger as animals ‘shape-shift’ to survive, study suggests

by Adam Cruise | Sep 17, 2021 | News

By Andy Gregory, The Independent Climate change could be causing animals around the world to grow larger ears, beaks and tails, according to a new study, as our heating planet forces them to rapidly “shape-shift” in order to survive. Decades of monitoring how animals...
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