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Gorillas in Congoβs NouabalΓ©-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed, study says.
With these findings, Gaston Abea becomes Ndoki's first Indigenous lead author of a peer-reviewed scientific paper.
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βTropical rainforests donβt give up their secrets easily,β says WCSβs @emmastokeswcs.bsky.social. That makes the images from a recent camera trap project in Congo rewarding.
They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests π
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Wolf populations in Europe have made a big comeback, increasing by almost 60 percent in a single decade, according to a new study.
www.ecowatch.com/european-wol...
Wildlife photo of the week: storks at the Knepp estate, West Sussex, UK. Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scottish conservationists hope to convert a Highland sporting estate into a rewilding showcase after a mystery benefactor gave them more than Β£17.5m to buy it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the UK government has announced.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Beavers reintroduced to a farm in the UK have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village and boosted the local economy, according to the owner of the land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A major camera-trap photography operation in NouabalΓ©-Ndoki National Park led by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas and supported by WCS has captured outstanding images of some of the most charismatic but often rarely seen mammals.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release....
Our WCS team in Gabon is supporting critical steps toward peaceful human-elephant co-existence there. bit.ly/3Dbr3VM π
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Sustainable management would seem to be the obvious way forward as an encounter between a dog and a wild boar spreads panic across Dartmoor.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
African lion numbers are declining as a result of decreases in prey populations, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/stud...
a herd of African elephants as seen from above. Photo (c) Paul Elkan, WCS
JOB OPPORTUNITY: come be my peer at @wcs.org as the new Regional Director of the Sudano-Sahel Region, overseeing conservation programs in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria, reporting to a regional office based in Kigali, Rwanda. ππ§ͺ More here: shorturl.at/O2c41
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Wildlife photo of the week is a herd of bison in Elk Island national park, Alberta, Canada. The parkβs herds play a vital role in bison rewilding efforts across North America and as far as Russia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland and lock up millions of tons of carbon, say researchers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A bald man speaking to a group. Photo by Kat Beaulieu
cover of OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE
great time with Minneapolis Audubon yesterday! Amazed that four years into the life of OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE, this book can still coax upwards of 70 people from their normal routines to learn more π¦π
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Wildlife photo of the week is one of the four Lynx that were illegally released into the Cairngorms in January. All four were recaptured, but one subsequently died.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marine scientists and economists have unveiled a comprehensive framework for Marine Prosperity Areas, which align human well-being with the restoration of designated marine and coastal environments.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/marine-...
This is not good news. If they rule out the reintroduction of Lynx, they need to outline a a system that controls herbivores, including sheep, to allow the restoration of forests, stop landslides, capture carbon and live up to the claim that Scotland will become a rewilded nation!
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First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland (while attending the NFU conference!).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wildlife photo of the week is a Darwinβs frog at London zoo. It is one of more than 30 froglets of the endangered species born at the zoo after a dramatic rescue mission in which their parents were extracted from their fungus-threatened native habitat in Chile.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Crimes against wildlife are increasingly threatening biodiversity in Latin America, with almost 2,000 wildlife seizures and poaching incidents recorded over five years, according to a recent report.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/repo...
Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
Monarch butterfly with wings spread
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A tower made from sticks overlooks a river and surrounding wetland
an observation tower at Prek Toal Ramsar Site, on the edge of Tonle Sap in Cambodia. Egg collectors had decimated bird colonies here (stork, ibis, heron, cormorant, pelican). An effort to convert poachers to guards resulted in a spectacular rebound in numbers; a true conservation success story π
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced the countryβs first marine sanctuary. The area β bigger than the whole of Switzerland β will be fully protected from fishing.
www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...
LISTEN: Conservation funding is not enough to address the threats faced by coral reefs, says WCSβs Fahd Al-Guthmy.
On the latest #WCSWildAudio, programs like Miamba Yetu, which Fahd manages, can help us save resilient reefs.
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The UK government is still working with Natural England to review options on species reintroduction, including beavers (insists government spokesperson).
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With only 143 known nests remaining on mainland New Zealand, authorities have warned that βwithout a serious turnaroundβ the yellow-eyed penguin could become locally extinct within just two decades.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/species...
Why did a bunch of crocodiles catch a ride in this boat? In July 2024, ecoguards from the Lac TΓ©lΓ© Community Reserve in the Republic of Congo rescued a group of Congolese dwarf crocodiles from an illegal large-scale poacher and released them into the wild. π 1/
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