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At least 28 species were saved from extinction since 1993

September 18, 2020March 10, 20217 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 807 Views 0 Comments bird, conservation, Research 3 min read

Researchers under the lead of Newcastle University and BirdLife International have calculated how many mammal and bird species we would

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Giant void emerges in Siberia due to melting permafrost

September 7, 2020September 6, 20207 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 749 Views 0 Comments climate emergency, Research 2 min read

A giant 50 meter (164 foot) deep hole in the ground recently emerged in Yamal peninsula in northwest Russia. It

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What can we learn from the ‘Anthropause’?

August 4, 2020July 30, 20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1000 Views 0 Comments Corona, Research, Wildlife 4 min read

The Covid crisis has turned our world upside down. After months of complete shutdown and subsequent slow re-opening, a second

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Webinar series with REWILD Institute

July 2, 2020July 1, 202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 976 Views 0 Comments European Wilderness Society, Research 2 min read

Close followers of our website and our onlive events might have already noticed that we conducted three webinars in cooperation

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First ever ‘Science National park’ proposed in Finland

June 16, 2020June 18, 202010 months ago Jonas Sommer 1542 Views 0 Comments National Park, Protected area management, Protected areas, Research 3 min read

A proposal for the world’s first science national park has been submitted to Finland’s Ministry of the Environment with a

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Science in the crossfire of Romanian logging conflict

May 29, 2020June 28, 202011 months ago Jonas Sommer 1390 Views 1 Comment forest, Logging, Old growth forests, Research, Romania 5 min read

The conflict about illegally logged timber in Romania has already seen various stages of escalation. Now science has also been

Killing more predators does not save livestock

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New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

May 18, 2020May 19, 202011 months ago Jonas Sommer 3670 Views 2 Comments large carnivores, Livestock protection, Research, Wolf 1 min read

A new study by German, Australian and American researchers reviewed data from all over the world to determine whether wolves

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New COST project opportunity on Wilderness research

March 16, 2020April 27, 20201 year ago Ziva Alif 1410 Views 0 Comments Research, Wildernes 1 min read

19-03-20 Announcement: Due to the current situation, the call for interested partners has been extended to May 30th. The European

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Humans and carnivores in the Wild West

December 23, 2019April 2, 20201 year ago Ziva Alif 1815 Views 0 Comments large carnivores, Research 2 min read

The American West is a region full of pristine nature, high mountains, national parks and Wilderness. The populations of large

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Wilderness reduces extinction risk by 50%

October 10, 2019April 17, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 1812 Views 0 Comments Research 1 min read

Wilderness offers a safe home for many different animal and plant species. We know that is acts as a buffer

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Bears can negatively impact lynx population

July 10, 2019July 21, 20192 years ago Ziva Alif 2467 Views 1 Comment Bear, Lynx, Research, Slovenia, Wildlife 2 min read

In conservation it is crucial to understand the interactions between species, as they can change the dynamics of animal communities.

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Carnivores crossing borders

February 12, 2019October 29, 20192 years ago Nick Huisman 2441 Views 0 Comments Research, Wildlife 2 min read

Long-distance travelling is important to ensure healthy survival of many animals species, but becomes more difficult due to human activities.

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Study confirms low percentage of dog and wolf crossbreeding in Swiss wolf population

January 25, 2019April 19, 20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 2387 Views 2 Comments Europe, Research, Wildlife, Wolf 3 min read

Many wolf opponents keep raising the argument of a high rate of hybridisation as a reason to shoot wolves. However, a recent long-term study from Switzerland came to the result that the dog introgression in the Swiss wolf population is very limited.

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Isolated Sierra Morena wolf population officially extinct

January 9, 2019August 22, 20192 years ago Hanna Ollos 3108 Views 1 Comment Research, Wildlife, Wolf 2 min read

The Sierra Morena used to be home to the most southern distribution of the Iberian wolf. The iberian wolves, a subspecies of the European wolf, can be found in northern Portugal and north-western Spain. However, an isolated pack lived in the Sierra Morena for decades. The last update of the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe lists the Sierra Morena population as extinct.