Koalas face several threats from climate change to dog attacks and car collisions. They also face an ongoing battle with chlamydia. Wildlife disease management can include vaccine programs, which Australia has begun implementing this past year in order to prevent…
Wildlife tagging is a key tool in conservation, particularly for species that are more elusive and of greater critical status, like the pangolin. Yet advanced tagging technologies can be barriers for conservationists because they can be expensive, have technical issues,…
In 2001, a group of scientists in Japan discovered a bacteria called Ideonella Sakaiensis 201-F6 feasting upon polyethylene terephthalate (PET) deep within a landfill. Since their discovery, we have generated 2.5 billion tons of plastic waste, adding about 380 million…
Due to previous bottleneck events, cheetah conservation tactics include reproductive technologies, like IVF and captive breeding programs, to preserve their genetic variability. Can the fastest land animal outrun its own genetic adversity? While the beloved cheetah used to exceed over…