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It’s clear that scientific names matter to conservation. Not only do they help us to organise and store our data, but they can determine the conservation status of a species and dictate the level of importance we assign it. The IUCN Red list, for example, is a comprehensive list of organisms threatened with extinction. Organised […]
September 25th 2023
From donation adverts to the logos of major conservation organisations (such as the WWF and NRDC), the same few species, flagship species, are used time and time again, but why, is it effective and should we make a change?
August 10th 2023
If you ever find yourself constantly thinking about the effects of pollution and reading every news article about the devastating effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, chances are you’re going through eco-anxiety, and it’s completely normal to go through it. But worrying does more harm than good. Eco-anxiety is starting to take a toll […]
May 15th 2023
Governments have never met a target set in the history of COP conferences. Could the upcoming COP15 meeting help correct this?
November 23rd 2022
Renowned for their horns and formidable plates of armour, rhinos are a widely respected wild animal. Stemming from the Ancient Greek words rhīnó meaning nose and kerōs meaning horned, this nose-horned creature is also known as the world’s armoured giant. Although the black rhino and the white rhino are the most well-known, there are five […]
September 20th 2022
Everyone is familiar with their domesticated counterpart, but fewer people are aware of the fact that wild horses have been galloping on this earth for more than 50 million years, first emerging in the form of their ancestor, Eohippus, meaning “dawn horse”. These mammals first appeared in Northern America and then made their way over […]
September 17th 2022
We may remember 2021 as a year of unprecedented climate disasters and stark warnings from scientists about the intensifying effects of climate change and the urgent need to act to avoid climate catastrophe, as such news rightly dominated the headlines. However, 2021 was also a year of conservation breakthroughs and reasons for hope. Nature began […]
March 6th 2022
This refrain from Disney’s short cartoon of The Three Little Pigs is well-known across the English-speaking world. Our impression of wolves as nasty, scheming creatures that will do anything for a tasty bite of pork has been drastically shaped by the typical depiction of wolves in fairy tales like The Three Little Pigs and Little […]
June 30th 2021
Lumbering Tortoises “As I was walking along I met two large tortoises, each of which must have weighed at least two hundred pounds; one was eating a piece of cactus, and as I approached, it stared at me and slowly stalked away; the other gave a deep hiss, and drew in its head.” Charles Darwin’s first […]
May 17th 2021
