Wolves as pollinators?

27/11/2024

New behaviours and species interactions in the Afroalpine. When we think of pollinators, we often picture flying creatures, such as bees, butterflies, birds or even bats. We certainly don’t think of large carnivores performing these ecological roles. In a paper published in Ecology this month, WildCRU researchers discuss a fascinating Ethiopian wolf behaviour, and one of ... Read full story

Assessing the status of Endangered Leopards in Southeast Asia

18/10/2024

The Critically Endangered Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) has disappeared from at least 95% of its historical range in Southeast Asia. Despite remaining populations being small and isolated, no data exists regarding their densities or factors that affect their habitat use. The Endangered Javan leopard (P. pardus melas), the most morphologically and genetically distinct leopard ... Read full story

Evaluating protected area location in Borneo

27/08/2024

Protected Areas are crucial for wildlife conservation - but their location is often influenced more by human expediency rather than biodiversity benefit. A new paper led by Ewan Macdonald demonstrates this reality in the context of Sunda clouded leopard conservation in Borneo. Through comparing seven protected area scenarios against modelled forest loss, the authors show ... Read full story

Congratulations to the Diploma class of 2024

23/10/2024

Since 2008, WildCRU has welcomed diploma students from around the world to provide world-class, practical training for early career conservationists, developing their knowledge of wildlife ecology and behaviour, and providing mentorship for individual research projects to explore scientific topics and conservation challenges. WildCRU has proudly supported 127 diploma students from 49 countries to date, 97% ... Read full story

In loving memory of Meshach Pierre

24/09/2024

Last week we received dreadful news that our good friend Meshach Pierre had died in "his place in the world" - Guyana. Meshach was in the 2018 Diploma class, and will be missed by us all, especially his classmates and those that taught him. As we process the sad news of his departure, and talk ... Read full story

Wildlife trade insights from patent analysis

07/08/2024

A new paper by WildCRU’s Amy Hinsley analyses 50 years of commercial wildlife-related patents related to rhinos, pangolins, horseshoe crabs, sturgeons, bears and caterpillar fungus filed from 1970 to 2020. Using a novel machine learning approach, the authors found over 27,000 patents related to the study species ranging from medicinal and food uses ... Read full story