Endangered rufa red knots – which make one of the world’s longest migrations, from southern South America to the Arctic – are more likely to leave for breeding grounds earlier, arrive sooner and breed successfully if they start out their summer migration on a full stomach. Using innovative radio tracking, researchers observed a group of […]
Tag: conservation biology
Scientists create a global tool to help countries plan for better conservation funding 
Conservation funding can mitigate biodiversity loss if those finances are invested wisely, and a newly designed model aims to help governments accomplish this goal over time. Authors of a new study designed an evidence-based model to help predict the impact of conservation funding on biodiversity loss in 109 countries. Their data revealed that, in the […]
Marine protected areas need expansion to prevent shark, ray and chimera extinction
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are established all over the world to help preserve imperiled species. But the process of identifying these areas doesn’t always prioritize species most at risk of extinction. A new study focuses specifically on the endangered chondrichthyans (such as sharks, rays and chimeras) and their representation in the existing MPA network. Results […]
Elephant poaching can hurt tourism, new study finds
In just seven years, from 2007 to 2014, the elephant population in Africa has been reduced by 30 percent – in large part as a result of poaching for ivory. This decline, aside from its disastrous consequences for the species, can also bring about major economic losses. A new modelling study has estimated a loss […]
