Christopher J. O'Bryan

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The two lion coalition of Jacob and Tibu, photographed a few weeks after their swim. Orin Cornille

Lions in a Uganda park make a perilous journey across a 1.5km stretch of water: study suggests the drive is to find mates

Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, Maastricht University; Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University, and Robynne Kotze, University of Oxford

Male lions are making the risky swims, braving crocodiles and hippos, so as to find females.
Alex Braczkowski/supplied

Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if lions take one in Uganda, a farming family’s income is gone

Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University, and Sophie Gilbert, University of Idaho

Developing countries suffer the most in the conflict between large carnivores and humans. We need better financial incentives for these communities to make sure these iconic predators are protected.
Michal Renčo / Pixabay

Los jabalíes, una de las especies invasoras más dañinas, liberan cada año las mismas emisiones que un millón de automoviles

Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Eve McDonald-Madden, The University of Queensland; Jim Hone, University of Canberra; Matthew H. Holden, The University of Queensland, and Nicholas R Patton, University of Canterbury

Los cerdos salvajes están en todos los continentes, excepto en la Antártida. Calculamos que remueven la misma cantidad de suelo que la superficie de Taiwán, liberando gases de efecto invernadero.
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‘One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth’: wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year

Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Eve McDonald-Madden, The University of Queensland; Jim Hone, University of Canberra; Matthew H. Holden, The University of Queensland, and Nicholas R Patton, University of Canterbury

Wild pigs are on every continent, except Antarctica. All up, they likely turn over the the same amount of soil as the area of Taiwan.
A jaguar skin lies sprawled across a fence post in one of the Brazilian Pantanal’s many cow ranches. This individual was shot by a rancher after a cow was found dead on the ranch. Steve Winter

Why paying people to tolerate wildlife is not the magic bullet for conservation

Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Duan Biggs, Griffith University; Julien Fattebert, University of Wyoming, and Martine Maron, The University of Queensland

Compensation for losses from wildlife is an increasingly popular conservation intervention. However, a recent review cautions its use.
Alex Braczkowski

Un esfuerzo pionero para salvar al pangolín de la extinción

Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Duan Biggs, Griffith University, and Raymond Jansen, Tshwane University of Technology

Los pangolines son comercializados ilegalmente, están vinculados a la pandemia del coronavirus y se encuentran en vías de extinción en algunas zonas. Por eso es vital reintroducir esta especie amenazada en la naturaleza.
Alex Braczkowski

Back from extinction: a world first effort to return threatened pangolins to the wild

Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Duan Biggs, Griffith University, and Raymond Jansen, Tshwane University of Technology

Pangolins are illegally traded, linked to the coronavirus pandemic and driven to extinction in some areas. That’s why it’s vital to reintroduce this threatened species back into the wild.
Human activity threatens many species across Africa’s savannahs. Paul Mulondo/WCS

Guns, snares and bulldozers: new map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife

James Allan, The University of Queensland; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland, and James Watson, The University of Queensland

New research looked at human impacts on more than 5,000 threatened species and found that a quarter of them have almost nowhere left to go to escape from the threats posed by human development.
The world’s biggest burn of illegal ivory. Daniel Stiles

Ivory up in flames, but who really noticed? How messages on elephant poaching might be missed

Matthew H. Holden, The University of Queensland; Alexander Richard Braczkowski, The University of Queensland; Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland; Duan Biggs, Griffith University; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; James Allan, The University of Queensland, and James Watson, The University of Queensland

The destruction of a massive haul of illegal ivory was supposed to send a message to poachers and those who trade in the tusks. Did they notice, or can the ivory be used to help elephant conservation?
Wild leopards in the Indian city of Mumbai may be helping to save people’s lives. Steve Winter/National Geographic

Leopards in a city park in India may help lower human injuries and deaths from stray dog bites

Christopher J. O'Bryan, The University of Queensland and Alexander Richard Braczkowski, The University of Queensland

Wild leopards that live in an Indian city park like to dine on stray dogs, which new research says may help reduce the number of potentially deadly dog bites on people.

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