Among the lighthouses and kelp forests in the Salish Sea in North America lives a family of killer whales. The leader of the family group is their matriarch, a mother and grandmother, who has a lifetime of knowledge about every coastline and waterway in the area. Travelling with her are her offspring and grandoffspring. It... Continue Reading →
If you stay in science long enough, you’ll probably find that there’s a project in your life that seems like it just won’t go away. Something you care about, but you leave to simmer on the back burner for a while because it’s never quite your #1 priority. And sometimes, in the blink of an... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Peter Contos. Read the full article here. (Photographer: Matthew Brun) Ecological restoration is needed now more than ever in the face of an unprecedented, human-mediated extinction crisis. Our current efforts are massive and amount to billions of dollars invested each year to repair environments and restore flora and fauna communities. However, when... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Susana Rostro-García. Read the full paper here. Featured image shows a jungle cat in threatened dry deciduous forests of eastern Cambodia © Rostro-García et. al. / WWF-Cambodia / WildCRU Southeast Asia, a beautiful region well known for being one of the most important biodiversity hotspots worldwide, is amidst a conservation crisis. Despite... Continue Reading →
Blog written by Sammy Andrzejaczek. Read the full paper here. In the early 2000s, a local conservation organisation reported that juvenile whale sharks were aggregating in the Arta Bay region of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti, and feeding on dense patches of tiny crustaceans and baitfish. The sharks could be seen between October and February,... Continue Reading →
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