Understanding Your Power Needs in the Wilderness When you’re heading into the wilderness, knowing how to meet your energy needs is crucial. Think about what devices you’ll bring and how often you’ll use them. Balancing this with a reliable power supply ensures you stay connected and prepared. Assessing Energy Consumption for Devices Before your trip, […]
Top 11 Wildlife Conservation Books for Eco-Warriors
What do you think of when you hear the term “wildlife conservation”? Most probably, you are picturing a sanctuary for endangered species, and you are not wrong. However, there’s more to this type of natural organization. It also helps with preserving ecosystems, fostering biodiversity, and, in a more global sense, making sure that future generations […]
Genetic Tracing Links SARS-CoV-2 With Animals at Wildlife Market
The virus behind COVID-19 appears to have first leapt to humans from captive wildlife at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, and now a new study identifies specific animals that likely carried the virus. The new analysis – of metagenomic RNA data collected shortly after the market was shut down – also supports accumulating evidence […]
‘Australia’s next rabbit plague’: calls for feral deer in Victoria to be considered a pest instead of wildlife
Land holders and managers along with landcare and environment groups want Victoria to remove protections for feral deer, as booming populations wreak havoc on agriculture and the local environment. Jordan Crook, from the Victorian National Parks Association, said recognising deer as pests – alongside foxes, rabbits and pigs – would bring Victoria in line with […]
Zimbabwe’s Elephant Culling Plan Ignites Debate During Drought Crisis
Zimbabwe is set to cull 200 elephants in response to an ongoing drought that has resulted in severe food shortages. The decision, announced by the country’s wildlife authority, aims to manage the growing elephant population, which has reached levels the government considers unsustainable. According to Zimbabwe’s environment minister, the country has “more elephants than it […]
Why are Cape fur seals in South Africa infected with rabies?
In May this year, a seal at a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, bit five surfers in a matter of minutes. The surfers laughed it off with characteristic nonchalance, but seal experts were concerned because this extremely unusual behaviour seemed part of what was becoming a pattern. Six days earlier, on the other […]
Using PDF Editors to Manage Wildlife Conservation Reports
Document management is germane to successfully implementing wildlife conservation programs. As a result, PDF editors are necessary to improve the organisation and effectiveness of conservation reports and fieldwork research. These tools allow information to be gathered without compromising the management of secretive information. Conservation of wild population and the fight against mass extinction require additional […]
Can captive tigers be part of the effort to save wild populations?
Captive tigers in the United States outnumber those living in the wild. The World Wildlife Federation estimates around 5,000 of the big cats reside in the U.S., mostly owned by private citizens. The health of this population is a genetic mystery for conservation groups and researchers interested in how the captive tigers could help stabilize […]