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Forests in India’s tribal heartland are being caught in the crossfire of conflict.
Formerly one of the world’s largest markets for tiger bone, new research sheds light on the current situation in South Korea.
Not all animals retreat to their shelters in cold weather.
When wild animals survive the initial trauma, blood loss and infection risk without medical help, it’s astonishing that they can adapt to life with three limbs.
Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
India’s last cheetah was killed 70 years ago. Should the country import a different subspecies from Namibia?
How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret’s in their stripes!
Pandas have done more to raise awareness of biodiversity loss than any other species. But they may not be good at stopping it themselves.
A four-year-old female Malayan tiger has tested positive for COVID-19, with six other tigers and lions showing symptoms. It’s the first known case of a ‘wild’ animal catching the disease.
New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
Sightings of big cats in India’s backyards are only set to grow as climate change breaks down the boundaries between humans and animals.
Whiskers are not just ordinary hairs. They are thicker and go deeper into the tiger’s skin and send messages to its brain about what is happening in the world around it.
The slaughtered tigers were not bred in zoos, yet their story should put captive breeding in general into question.
Distinct subspecies means each type of tiger is specially adapted to its environment.
This study gives science-based recommendations where exactly the investment for conservation should go.
Animal welfare depends on quality of territory not quantity.
A police raid on the popular tourist attraction has found 40 frozen tiger carcasses.
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
We need to spend more time investigating nature’s ‘ordinary Joe’s’.
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, University of Chester; University of Surrey; University of Reading
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Freelance academic and researcher in wildlife trade, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews
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Icrea Research Professor at ICTA-UAB, Department of Private Law, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Reader in Animal Biology and Physiology, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
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Kaplan Senior Research Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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Associate professor, Adelaide University
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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Professor and Head of School, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England