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By KATRINA BRANDON FEDERATION University Gippsland campus sent off another group of graduates into the working world last week, turning […]

<p>A new approach to valuing the carbon storage potential of natural habitats aims to help restore faith in offset schemes, by enabling investors to directly compare carbon credit pricing across a wide range of projects.</p>

Despite the taboo and illegal nature of killing orangutans, researchers heard evidence of a direct killing from at least one person in 30 per cent of 79 villages surveyed in Indonesia’s Kalimantan region.

Of 14 bears wearing radio tracking collars when they died, at least 12 had been hit by a vehicle or train or been in conflict with humans

Exeter UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2023 - Tens of thousands of endangered sharks and rays are caught by small-scale fisheries off the Republic of the Congo each year, new research shows. Scientists surveyed fish brought ashore at Song

British Columbia's Elk Valley is a grim place to be a grizzly bear, according to a new report that shows recorded conflicts and mortality rates are higher in the region than anywhere else in the province. 

Highway and railway collisions, along with human conflicts, threaten survival of grizzly bears living in Canadian Rockies, in southeastern Kootenay region.

Highway and railway collisions, along with human conflicts, threaten survival of grizzly bears living in Canadian Rockies, in southeastern Kootenay region.

The all-abilities Nature Playground features a misting cloud deck with an accessible bridge, an endangered Numbat play sculpture, Cockatoo models flying overhead and an engaging Gibbon mimicry experience. Other highlights include a 40-metre rope tunnel — one of the countrys longest — and overhead brachiating ropes. The Playground is a significant milestone for Perth Zoos Master Plan 2040.

Despite it being taboo and illegal to kill critically endangered primate, 30% of villages have evidence of killing in ‘last five to 10 years’