Pathways Africa 2020

November 11, 2019

WildCRU members, Amy Dickman and Alayne Cotterill, are two of six founding members of The Pride Lion Conservation Alliance - an alliance of carnivore conservation organisation leaders developed to demonstrate an innovative, non-competitive conservation model. Based on the success of this model for improving the impact and resilience of their own work, Pride ... Read full story

Telomeres

November 7, 2019

One of the great mysteries of life, and a driving force in evolutionary ecology, is that we wear out. This distressing reality afflicts the badgers of Wytham Wood as much as it does the WildCRU team that studies them. Cell regeneration, that keeps the body functional and healthy, gradually becomes less efficient until tissues and organs ... Read full story

Mongabay – How Laos lost its tigers

October 30, 2019

WildCRU's Akchousanh Rasphone featured in Mongabay, highlighting her research on large carnivores in Nam et-Phou Louey, Laos: 'A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos vanished shortly after 2013 from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area. And the scientists believe it was most likely a surge in snaring that did them in, despite large-scale ... Read full story

The Oppenheimer Research Conference 2019

November 7, 2019

Every year the Oppenheimer Research Conference brings together select individuals and organisations operating and/or interested in the fields of natural and environmental science. It is an academic research conference that uniquely offers a diverse and multi-disciplinary programme. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the Oppenheimer Research Conference, the following video, featuring David Macdonald, celebrates the ... Read full story

WildCRU celebrate 20 years of lion research in Hwange National Park

October 30, 2019

In October 1999, twenty years ago this month, Andrew Loveridge and David Macdonald started the Hwange Lion Research Project, it has become one of the longest running conservation research projects in Africa. Situated in Zimbabwe’s vast Hwange National Park, the project has contributed to an understanding of lion population management, predator prey dynamics, lion conflicts ... Read full story

WildCRU statement about trophy hunting debate

October 26, 2019

The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit’s (WildCRU) mission is to achieve practical solutions to conservation problems through original scientific research. This mission is delivered by the meticulous work of a diverse group of scientists, with varied professional expertise and differing views, united in a community of scientific debate guided by evidence. WildCRU receives financial support from ... Read full story