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A puma leaves its enclosure as it is released into the wild. Image credit: Associação Mata Ciliar.

New study identifies key success factors for large carnivore rewilding efforts

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A wild European hedgehog forages on a fallen log. Image credit: Shutterstock.

World’s oldest European hedgehog found in citizen science project

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A male lion photographed in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.

Raising the minimum age of trophy hunted lions could make hunting more sustainable, new study finds

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A herd of African elephants walking in single file. Image credit Shutterstock.

Satellite imagery reveals that wild African elephants choose paths leading directly to their favourite food

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A deep reef in the Seychelles. Image credit: Nekton 2022.

New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs - one of the largest and least protected ecosystems

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The United Nations Conference of the Parties for Biodiversity (COP15) is a critical opportunity for countries to agree an ambitious global plan to halt and reverse species loss. Image credit: Shutterstock.

Oxford University delegation to champion nature at UN biodiversity conference

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Aldabra atoll west channels. Image credit: Seychelles Islands Foundation.

Big egos, lack of staff training and policy enforcement are major barriers to island conservation

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Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea, seen from The SA Agulhas II research vessel during the field research. Image credit: Nekton 2022.

Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic samples show the ‘pristine’ continent is now a sink for plastic pollution

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The Omega Seamaster II submersible surveys the vertical walls of the Maldives subsea topography. These cliffs often descended from 30metres to 250metres and further to 500metres, a defining physical characteristic of the new ecosystem ‘The Trapping Zone’,

Discovery of new ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - creating oasis of life in the Maldives

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An Omega Seamaster 2 submersible being launched during an expedition by Nekton to the Seychelles in 2019

Oxford University to support deep-sea expedition to the Maldives

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