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The random information posted online could be used to generate information about biodiversity and its conservation.

In a new article published in the journal Biological Conservation, a team of researchers from the University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä, and University of Kent assessed preferences and motivations for owning exotic pets, by asking more than

On employing machine vision models, researchers were able to infer from the context of an image if it related to the sale of a live animal. Such methods make it feasible to flag the posts which might be selling animals in an illegal manner.

Scientists have identified the areas that are most at risk for conflicts between humans and elephants and lions in Africa.

African Lion (source -Wikicommons: Clement Bardot) Recreational hunting – especially hunting of charismatic species for their trophies -raises ethical and moral concerns. Yet recreational hunting is frequently suggested as a way to conserve nature and support local people’s livelihoods. In a new article published in the journal One Earth, scientists from the University of Helsinki in Finland and Flinders University in Australia have reviewed more than 1,000 studies on recreational hunting – the first such attempt to summarize the scientific literature examining the biodiversity and soci...