Humans are wiping species off the planet at a rate at least 100 times faster than historical levels, providing further evidence that we’re in the midst of a sixth great extinction, concludes a new study based on “extremely conservative” assumptions on past and current extinction rates.
CONTINUE READINGBiologists and conservationists have studied the effects of habitat degradation on individual species, but have rarely investigated how logging and conversion of rainforests to oil palm agriculture change interspecies relationships. A study of a toad and its ant prey found that while the toad dwindled in disturbed habitats, a shortage of food was not the reason.
CONTINUE READINGFor years scientists have believed that orangutans are primarily arboreal. Indeed, most photographs and videos of orangutans depict them up in the trees. But a recent study published in the International Journal of Conservation, known as Oryx, challenges that thinking with photographic evidence that orangutans spend a lot more time on the ground than previously […]
CONTINUE READINGA startling impact: Heart of Borneo helps predict the future of Borneo’s mammals Heart of Borneo has been involved in critical research to predict the future of Borneo’s mammals from the effects of deforestation and climate change. The results are startling as our very own Tim van Berkel, co-author of the paper, explains. Deforestation rates […]
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