Conservation and welfare objectives for ex situ management of the extinct-in-the-wild sihek need careful balancing🐦 #ZSLPapers

Read more: …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Animal Conservation

Meet the Southern Darwin frog, which is giving us hope. 🐸

In a new blog, our Deputy Director of ZSL Science describes just how this species could hold vital clues to understanding 'the worst infectious disease ever recorded in vertebrates': ow.ly/sQj350Gyf20

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Check out our newest paper on the risks of exposing wild birds to mycotoxins via contaminated supplementary foods and how a good feeding practice can reduce those health risks: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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African wild dog populations could face total collapse unless urgent action is taken to stop global temperatures soaring, according to startling new research from our ZSL Science experts: ow.ly/gmUf50PBP26 #ProtectingSpecies #ZSLPapers #ClimateChange

In a new publication from Jake Williams Chris Sandom, Nathalie Pettorelli >20 years of restoration at Alladale Wilderness Reserve, a rewilding site in the Scottish Highlands, was assessed, looking at both passive restoration and active intervention 🌲🧵
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📷 Chris Sandom

Brand new research published by
ZSL Science PhD student Michael J. Williamson, shows potential links between cetacean stranding data and climate change patterns. This incredibly valuable data could inform policy in the future: zsl.org/blogs/science/… #ZSLPapers

The first detection of Encephalomyocarditis Virus-2 found in hazel dormice, suggesting the virus is likely to be endemic in the population in England #ZSLPapers 🐭
Read more: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

New research documenting the mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of the calcifying red seaweed Corallina officinalis, by our own Chris Yesson, Juliet_Brodie and colleagues. doi.org/10.1080/263880… #ZSLpapers

Our new study sheds light on the approach needed to conserve vital reptile species. For the first time, we now have a complete picture of the status of all reptiles, including extinction risk across tetrapods. Read more: ow.ly/Zg5c50ITvMk IUCN #ZSLPapers

A new article published by ZSL Science details the threats faced by the Udzungwa Scarp forest in Tanzania due to decades of conservation mismanagement stephintonature.com/blog/udzungwa-… #ZSLpapers #natureblog #scicomm

You can access the paper published this week in Restoration Ecology here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

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The team also made an exciting finding of a population of Barrio’s frog, known to only occur in eight locations, allowing development of a long-term population monitoring plan

Read more in the newly published article in Oryx #ZSLPapers cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New paper published today in Microbiome, with first author ZSL’s @jakewilliams884, shows how ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reefs, and what this can tell us about ecosystem health in reef systems and beyond #ZSLPapers 🪸🫧
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New research from Diana Krawczyk and colleagues (including Dr Chris Yesson from ZSL's Institute of Zoology) documenting the seabed of Disko Bay, West Greenland in high resolution🚢🗺️Full article: doi.org/10.1029/2020JC…
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