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“#Land use changes may increase disease outbreak risks” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Global changes in land use are disrupting the balance of wild animal communities in our environment, and species that carry diseases known to infect humans appear to be benefiting, finds a new UCL-led study. The findings, published in Nature, may have implications for…
“#’Thermal displacement’ reflects how far species must go to follow preferred temperatures” The range of smooth hammerhead sharks shifted north as much 2,800 kilometers, more than 1,700 miles, during a major marine heatwave that affected the northeast Pacific Ocean from 2013 into 2015. The heatwave was known as “The Blob.” Credit: Richard Herrmann/NOAA Fisheries Marine…
“#The role of Chinese cultural values in illegal wildlife trade interventions” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) suggests that utilizing Confucianist, Daoist, and Buddhist belief messaging in targeted campaigns could effectively change the behavior of end consumers in the East Asia illegal…
“#Weaving Western and Indigenous knowledge together enhances conservation” Credit: Phil Botha/Unsplash Wildlife translocations will have better results if they are led, or genuinely co-led, by Indigenous peoples. That’s the premise of a recently published paper by researchers at the University of Canterbury and South Island environmental practitioners. Lead author Aisling Rayne says the Mi’kmaq (First…
“#Study finds Perth’s urban reptiles are accumulating toxic levels of rat poison” Credit: Damian Lettoof Curtin University-led research has found that common reptile species in Perth are accumulating rat poisons at an alarming rate, posing serious implications for the wider urban food web in Australia, and around the world. The research, published in the journal…
“#Bumblebee larval growth impaired by insecticide” Credit: Thomas Millet Researchers from Royal Holloway have found that an insecticide used in more than 81 countries, including within the EU, could contribute to a global decline in bumblebees. The academics found that Sulfoxaflor, which is licenced for use in the US, Australia and China was shown to…
“#Harbor porpoises and seal bombs” This graph shows the number of seal-bomb explosions recorded by MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone each month during the period of this study. Credit: John Ryan Using recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone, marine-mammal researchers have found that the sounds of seal bombs could have significant impacts on the behavior of harbor porpoises…
“#Treating fish as a public health asset can strengthen food security in lower income countries” Fisherman. Credit: NOAA, Public Domain. The food and nutrient security of billions of people worldwide depend on fish being treated as a domestic public health asset instead of a commodity. A new paper by researchers with the Sea Around Us—Indian…
“#Bird nests attract flying insects and parasites due to higher levels of carbon dioxide” Parent visiting chicks Credit: Santiago Merino / National Museum of Natural Sciences Madrid Flying insects and parasites are often vectors for disease, but a mosquito needs to first find someone before they can bite them. In a recent study published in…
“#Are vultures spreaders of microbes that put human health at risk?” A new analysis published in IBIS examines whether bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present in wild vultures cause disease in the birds, and whether vultures play a role in spreading or preventing infectious diseases to humans and other animal species. Credit: Jorge…