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Previous estimates for declines of Critically Endangered angelsharks in Wales may have been overestimated, suggests our most recent ZSL-led study, identifying how changes to fishing practices have ...
A deep-dive into half a century of stories from the Welsh fishing community has offered a new perspective on the history of angelsharks, once thought to be locally extinct. Jake Davies, Project SIARC ...
Reef manta rays are one of the largest ray species in the world, but new research reveals that their safe haven is under threat from a danger so small, it’s rarely visible to the human eye. ZSL’s Dr ...
Hidden deep in the rainforests of southern Chile, a tiny amphibian with an extraordinary survival strategy is fighting for its future. The Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) is one of the few species ...
Daisy’s research focuses on the interactions between ticks and their host species in the UK, with a particular focus on deer. Research has increasingly documented tick populations in urban ...
From examining a tiger’s tissue sample under a microscope to uncovering the cause of death in a critically endangered amphibian, veterinary pathologists work at the intersection of animal care, ...
Hainan gibbons are one of the rarest mammals on Earth. At ZSL, our experts are working to bring the primates back from the brink of extinction. Hainan gibbons are the world’s rarest primate. Their ...
Why is studying microbe-host relationships essential to understanding and conserving flora and fauna? Across the Tree of Life, multicellular organisms including ourselves, are home to a diversity of ...
I pledge to raise as much as I can for ZSL, and will aim to pass all sponsorship money to ZSL within two months following the event finishing, either through my online fundraising page, ZSL’s website, ...
These findings, from the latest Living Planet Index by our Institute of Zoology – the most comprehensive measure of vertebrate population trends across the globe. The Living Planet Index informs WWF’s ...
Scimitar horned oryx downlisted to endangered by IUCN – marks first species in global Extinct in the Wild initiative to be downlisted An antelope whose species was declared Extinct in the Wild has ...