by TNF | Dec 17, 2020 | Biodiversity, Conservation, Research
The European bison (Bison bonasus), Europe’s largest land mammal, has moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened thanks to continued conservation efforts, according to today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. With this update, 31 species also move... 
by TNF | Nov 16, 2020 | Conservation, Ecological Restoration, Rewilding
Rewilding Iberia Rewilding represents a new viewpoint on nature conservation, reaching beyond to bring a more functional vision and moving into notions of rural development and reconnecting people with nature and wildness. The concept originated in North America in... 
by TNF | Oct 2, 2020 | Biodiversity, Conservation, Research
European wildcats, thought to be extinct 50 or so years ago in the Jura mountains, have since recolonised part of their former territory. This resurgence in an area occupied by domestic cats has gone hand-in-hand with genetic crosses between the two species. The... 
by TNF | Sep 15, 2020 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation
UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines eight major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature’s accelerating decline Final report card on Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set in 2010: 6 of world’s 20 goals “partially achieved” by 2020 deadline Towards a... 
by TNF | Sep 4, 2020 | Conservation, Species Restoration
On Aug. 6, 2020, the world’s first successfully cloned Przewalski’s horse (pronounced “shuh-VAL-skees”) was born in Texas at the veterinary facility of a ViaGen Equine collaborator, Timber Creek Veterinary. The foal, born to a domestic surrogate mother, is a clone of... 
by TNF | Aug 6, 2020 | Biodiversity, Conservation, Species Restoration
Human encroachment into large carnivore habitats and expansion of large carnivore ranges into anthropogenic settings increase the potential for human-wildlife conflicts. Future carnivore survival and population recovery therefore depend on their ability to adapt to...