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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
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📚🐒🐵 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
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📖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!
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doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70173
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rolling into the #WordoftheWeek: #Isopod! 🍂

#conservation #science #invertebrates #invertebrateconservation #invertebratezoology #STEM #STEMwords
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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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
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👻 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

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#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
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Creeping in with the #WordoftheWeek...or Words! #CrypticAnthropogenicDisturbance 🌳🌫

#STEM #STEMwords #conservation #science
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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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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#Refugia is the #WordoftheWeek! 🌿

#conservation #science #stem #stemwords
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 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
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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
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🗣️🌍 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
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🗣Let's talk about our #WordoftheWeek- #SocialScience! 📋

#STEM #Conservation #Science #STEMWords #HuminDimensions
September 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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🌱 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
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🦎Volume 39, Number 5🦎 of #ConservationBiology is now available online! doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#conservation #science #scientificjournal #newrelease
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Cover: Namib sand gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Over 21% of reptiles assessed by IUCN are threatened with extinction by, for example, land use change, invasiv....
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September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#Wildhorses are back in #Spain
In Alto Tajo, they’re restoring #grasslands, reducing #firerisk, and bringing back #wildlife. #rewilding
Why are wild horses returning to Spain?
The impact of human beings on different ecosystems is huge. Throughout our history, we have changed ecosystems in ways that have led to biodiversity loss, increased the chances of natural disasters su...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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