Heavily Logged Rain Forests can Recover
An integral part of conserving jaguars is safeguarding their habitats. In some parts of their range, this includes tropical rain forests. But these forests are rapidly disappearing (Whitworth, Downie, von…
New Protected Area will Benefit Mongolia’s Snow Leopards
I just received a notification from the Snow Leopard Trust about an exciting new development. Nearly 8,163 square kilometers of land is about to be turned into a Nature Reserve,…
Do Attitudes Predict Behaviors?
I have come across many studies that assessed participants’ attitudes towards big cats (Hazzah, 2006; Porfirio, Sarmento, Leal, & Fonseca, 2016; Zimmermann, Walpole, & Leader-Williams, 2005). The assumption seems to…
Reports of Tiger Population Increase Decried as “Misleading” by Scientists
Only four days ago, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) broke the story that world tiger numbers had increased for the first time in over a…
Global Tiger Numbers Increase for the First Time in 100 Years
Notice: A few days after the article that this post is based on was released, contradictory reports emerged. Many scientists feel that the global tiger population has not increased, but that…
Tigers Declared ‘Functionally Extinct’ in Cambodia
I have sad news to share. According to this article from The Guardian, tigers have just been declared functionally extinct in Cambodia. This means there are likely no more breeding…
Elusive Argentine Jaguar Photographed Eating a Tapir
I have just come across an excellent article by Earth Touch News Network’s Sarah Keartes. It highlights exciting photographs from Proyecto Yaguareté (Project Jaguar) of a jaguar (Panthera onca) eating…
Review of Common Cause for Nature: A Practical Guide to Values and Frames in Conservation
There is no doubt that the natural world is in decline. In fact, species are going extinct faster than they have since the fall of the dinosaurs (Worrall, 2014). But…
