There has been little good news for rhino conservation in recent years. Increasing demand for rhino horn, particularly in Asia, has led to a massive spike in prices and incidents of poaching. This is devastating…
Vultures help protect us from disease and in many cultures they are a symbol of strength and wisdom.
The planet has seen five ‘mass extinctions’ over the past half billion years, but each was followed by an explosion in biodiversity.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
We need to spend more time investigating nature’s ‘ordinary Joe’s’.
Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.
The public still does not know what the opposition party stands for. Inspiration could come from a surprising source.
Full marks to colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London for the Living Planet Report 2014 and its headline message which one hopes ought to shock the world out of its complacency…
A conservation scientist interviewed on the programme says Sir David tells it like it is.
Neanderthals and humans may have been equally smart and skilled, but some evidence points to humans living in larger groups.
