A recently released report from the UK’s Zoological Institute of Zoology has found that adopting urban rewilding as an environmental management strategy could be a solution to help slow down biodiversity loss, reduce the impacts of climate change, and improve human health and wellbeing. Some of the practical and sustainable […]
Integrating frozen koala sperm into captive management programs is a crucial step to help save the endangered Australian species – a first-of-its-kind model reveals. Biobanking and assisted reproduction could become a reality for koalas by leveraging the existing technology used to help humans conceive. A detailed model, published in the […]
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo recently welcomed the arrival of two red panda cubs and is celebrating by allowing online subscribers to enjoy free behind the scenes access to the babies in their purpose-built, soundproof nesting box via a brand-new Red Panda Cub Cam. The yet to be named cubs were born […]
Staying ahead of the changing seasons to avoid winter chills is a lifestyle many people would like to adopt, but this nomadic way of life is not generally associated with whales. However, according to research published recently by scientists from Flinders University, Western Australia’s Centre for Whale Research, and the […]
Ethical debate on the killing of kangaroos has polarised conservation and animal welfare science, yet at the heart of these scientific disciplines is the unifying aim of reducing harm to non-human animals. This aim provides the foundation for common ground, culminating in the development of compassionate conservation principles that seek […]
