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Emerging through the haze: Moving forward to tackle Indonesia’s fire crisis

With widespread forest and peatland fires occurring in Indonesia this year, a new article aims to plot a way forward from this ecological crisis by outlining the key challenges facing conservation efforts and how these might help fire prevention.

Researchers use drones to weigh whales

Researchers have devised a way to accurately estimate the weight of free-living whales using only aerial images taken by drones.

Nature documentaries increasingly talk about threats to nature, but still don’t show them

Researchers analysing recent BBC and Netflix nature documentaries found that although they increasingly mention threats to nature, visual depictions of these threats remain scarce, potentially misleading audiences on the state of the natural world.

eDNA: a new tool to establish invasive species eradication success

Research published today examined how environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys can be used as a cost-effective method to detect invasive species present at  low densities.

Large herbivores increase biodiversity in tropical forests

Joint extinction of tapirs and peccaries leads to reduction in tropical forest diversity, finds 10 year study

Rare antelopes and black cats

Researchers develop tools to help manage seagrass survival

New statistical tools help prevent seagrass loss

Study suggests economic growth benefits wildlife but growing human populations do not

Do the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals promote or limit conservation.

New treatment programme offers hope for controlling wombat mange

A treatment programme to guides the development of a more effective control of deadly mange disease in wombat populations

Australian ants prepared for ‘Insect Armageddon’

The Leopard that Learnt from the Cat

New research explores the relationship between humans and leopards in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Increases in generalist predator populations are associated with pheasant releases

New research reveals gamebird releases for commercial shoots may be boosting numbers of avian predators and scavengers

Organic farming improves honeybee colony performance in a crucial flower-scarce period

Organic farming benefits honeybee colonies, especially during flower-scarce periods.