How do frogs respond to forest disturbance? Follow the gene flow...

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Study links carnivore decline in protected areas to human persecution outside boundary

When it comes to protecting at-risk carnivores like the African leopard, conservationists need to pay particular attention to reducing persecution by humans at the edges of preserves. That's the take-home message from a new study in the journal Animal Conservation that looked at leopards in the contiguous Mkhuze and Phinda Game Reserves in South Africa...

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Minimizing the impact of approaching boats on nesting shorebirds

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Fishing, climate change not double trouble for corals

Do fishing and climate change act synergistically on coral reef ecosystems, meaning the combined impact is greater than the sum of each acting individually? Conservation practitioners have expressed this concern, but synergism in ecosystems has been challenging to prove scientifically...

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Study finds high mercury levels, simplified food chain in prairie reservoir

A new study on mercury levels in prairie reservoirs finds exceedingly high concentrations in northern pike residing in a newly constructed reservoir in Alberta. In addition, the study suggests the reservoir’s food web is extremely simplified, a factor that could be further exacerbating the elevated levels of mercury...

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The effect of predator control on aiding the recovery of at-risk birds

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Are military exercises compatible with the conservation of a threatened ecosystem?

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Study finds nutrients homogenize the biodiversity of lakes

A new study from researchers at Trinity College has found that the addition of nutrients like nitrogen can homogenize the benthic diversity of lakes...

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Climate change reducing stream habitat for fish

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The value of 'ignorance' in restoration

We interview Dr. Eugene Turner, a leading wetland scientist at Louisiana State University. He argues that restoration practitioners need to abandon a knowledge-based world view and start embracing ignorance...

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