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Conservation Biology
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Flagship journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. Applied science for scientists, managers, practitioners, decision makers. Editor: Mark Burgman. https://bit.ly/4iozgVS
📚🐒🐵 This new book review by DJ Clink explores what shared coexistence with apes really looks like through two apesolutely fascinating reads-
Pruetz’s 📖Apes on the Edge🐵 and White et al.’s 📖State of the Apes🦍

doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70170
#Conservation #science #primatology #primateconservation
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
📖Two new Conservation Biology pieces read like a lively dialogue on coexistence:
🌳Bruskotter et al. question process-focused frameworks, and 🌾Pooley replies by centering power and polarization. Scholarly back-and-forth pushing the field forward!
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70174
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70173
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In this article, Ferreira da Silva et al discuss their work using miniaturized laboratory equipment and #DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species.🧬🐾 Learn more at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science #conservationgenetics
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Wallach et al. (2018) show how #CompassionateConservation values animals as sentient beings, avoids harm, and supports both individual welfare and ecosystem health. 💚 Here, #kindness is a strength- shaping ethical, inclusive, lasting #conservation.
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13126
#WorldKindnessDay
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Today is #WorldKindnessDay - a reminder that #conservation, at its heart, is an act of #kindness.🌿💚🐾

🌎 In #conservationbiology, kindness is not a luxury - it’s a strategy for coexistence and resilience. 💚

#ConservationBiology #Science #Biodiversity #Coexistence #WordoftheWeek #STEM #STEMWords
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In this article, De Smedt et al discuss the rise of terrestrial #isopods in the #pettrade and the need for their inclusion in trade regulation. Interested in learning more? You can find their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science #stem #stemwords #wordoftheweek #isopod
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
High-accuracy area of habitat mapping supports inclusion of underrepresented taxa in key tools for conservation planning and policy.🌿 Interested in learning more? You can find Ridley et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science
Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species
Area of habitat (AOH) maps provide a high-resolution representation of the habitat available in a species’ range and can support conservation policy and planning processes. However, until recently, t....
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
👻 This Halloween, we’re talking about ghostly catches beneath the surface…🎣 #Invisiblefisheries are the phantoms of the fishing world.

#WordOfTheWeek #InvisibleFisheries #ConservationBiology #STEM #STEMwords #STEMeducation #SCBjournals
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
In this article, Bersaglio et al share that weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge enhances #wildlifehealth understanding and surveillance and supports decolonizing in #conservation. Interested in learning more? Visit doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#science
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In this article, Cronin et al discuss evidence for a fisher-designed solution to manta and devil ray #bycatch in #tunafisheries.🐟 You can find their article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science #STEM #STEMwords #wordoftheweek
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Have you found yourself caught up in the #WordoftheWeek?!🎣 Let's talk about #Bycatch! 🐟🐬

#STEM #STEMWords #conservation #science
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A new study across 10 initiatives in southern and eastern Africa finds that governance and equity issues, not local costs, are the biggest bottlenecks to scaling successful community-led conservation. 🌍

🔗Find Pienkowski et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70149

#conservation #science
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
What is the extent of threats to #marinefish from the online aquarium trade in the United States?🐠 🪸Lin et al studied the lucrative but opaque US online marine #aquarium trade is driven by wild-caught reef fish, including #threatenedspecies, exposing key data gaps.

doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#science
a coral reef with a few fish swimming around it
ALT: a coral reef with a few fish swimming around it
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October 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In this article, McClanahan et al discuss how diversifying the identification of #climatechange refugia for #coralreefs requires more environmental and coral life-history metrics. Read their article at: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem
October 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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🐝In this #recentlypublished article, Sydenham et al discuss the role of forest edges and other seminatural linear landscape features in structuring wild #bee habitat connectivity in intensively managed landscapes.🐝 Bee sure to check out their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Making comprehensive assessments of Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) networks in a country greatly increases their number and area. 🌏 Learn more in Plumptre et al's #recentlypublished article :https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70151

#conservation #science #30x30challenge
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🗣️🌍 Miller et al. outline five principles to improve conservation conversations- embracing diverse perspectives, acknowledging power dynamics, and valuing multiple ways of knowing- to foster more inclusive and effective conservation.

Read: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
a neon sign that says the number 5 on it
ALT: a neon sign that says the number 5 on it
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September 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
September 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🌱 Conservation must embrace diverse worldviews. In this essay, Murali et al. show how recognizing perspectives like anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, & pluricentrism can make decisions more inclusive & effective.

doi/10.1111/cobi.70144
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Conservation Biology
Reposted by Conservation Biology
The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026!
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM