WildCRU, Oxford
@wildcru.bsky.social
Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) aims to transform wildlife conservation through world-class research, training and implementation.
New research reveals that a lion’s full-throated roar is unique to each individual and identification could soon help scientists to count lions and estimate population density.
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New research reveals that a lion’s full-throated roar is unique to each individual and identification could soon help scientists to count lions and estimate population density.
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
PhD student Jess Tacey shared research on individual differences in elephant behaviour shaping human-elephant conflict in Namibia’s Kunene region.
She is exploring how local communities and stakeholders think this conflict should be managed to help people and elephants coexist.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
She is exploring how local communities and stakeholders think this conflict should be managed to help people and elephants coexist.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
PhD student Jess Tacey shared research on individual differences in elephant behaviour shaping human-elephant conflict in Namibia’s Kunene region.
She is exploring how local communities and stakeholders think this conflict should be managed to help people and elephants coexist.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
She is exploring how local communities and stakeholders think this conflict should be managed to help people and elephants coexist.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
The team have returned inspired for future research following the IUCN World Conservation Congress (Abu Dhabi), Oppenheimer Research Conference (South Africa), Managing Wildlife in Large Landscapes Conference (USA) and the Applied Conservation Technology Congress (Vietnam).
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November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The team have returned inspired for future research following the IUCN World Conservation Congress (Abu Dhabi), Oppenheimer Research Conference (South Africa), Managing Wildlife in Large Landscapes Conference (USA) and the Applied Conservation Technology Congress (Vietnam).
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It is conference season at WildCRU and our researchers have been attending events across the world to share their work, forge new collaborations and discover the latest updates in wildlife conservation.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It is conference season at WildCRU and our researchers have been attending events across the world to share their work, forge new collaborations and discover the latest updates in wildlife conservation.
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Once hunted to near extinction, wolves have slowly begun to recover in Europe. But their future is again in danger after the Council of Europe voted to downgrade the wolf’s legal protection.
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📸 Josip Kusak
@biology.ox.ac.uk
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📸 Josip Kusak
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Once hunted to near extinction, wolves have slowly begun to recover in Europe. But their future is again in danger after the Council of Europe voted to downgrade the wolf’s legal protection.
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📸 Josip Kusak
@biology.ox.ac.uk
👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📸 Josip Kusak
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Women play vital, but often overlooked, roles in wildmeat systems worldwide.
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Women play vital, but often overlooked, roles in wildmeat systems worldwide.
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
As grazing spreads across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, research shows that snow leopards stay on steep slopes with wild prey (bharal), while wolves favour flatter areas shared with livestock. Grazing management could help people and carnivores coexist.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/jwmg...
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👉 doi.org/10.1002/jwmg...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
As grazing spreads across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, research shows that snow leopards stay on steep slopes with wild prey (bharal), while wolves favour flatter areas shared with livestock. Grazing management could help people and carnivores coexist.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/jwmg...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
👉 doi.org/10.1002/jwmg...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Meet Research Fellow Dr Egil Dröge
With early research focussing on African wild dogs, Egil now studies many threatened African carnivores, passing on knowledge as Lead Tutor on our Post Graduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice
wildcru.org/members/dr-e...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
With early research focussing on African wild dogs, Egil now studies many threatened African carnivores, passing on knowledge as Lead Tutor on our Post Graduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice
wildcru.org/members/dr-e...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Meet Research Fellow Dr Egil Dröge
With early research focussing on African wild dogs, Egil now studies many threatened African carnivores, passing on knowledge as Lead Tutor on our Post Graduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice
wildcru.org/members/dr-e...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
With early research focussing on African wild dogs, Egil now studies many threatened African carnivores, passing on knowledge as Lead Tutor on our Post Graduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice
wildcru.org/members/dr-e...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Emily Madsen shared her PhD research on species specific local ecological knowledge from communities living alongside carnivores in Kenya.
Using interview surveys, Emily aims to understand how well people know different species and what factors influence differences in knowledge.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Using interview surveys, Emily aims to understand how well people know different species and what factors influence differences in knowledge.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Emily Madsen shared her PhD research on species specific local ecological knowledge from communities living alongside carnivores in Kenya.
Using interview surveys, Emily aims to understand how well people know different species and what factors influence differences in knowledge.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Using interview surveys, Emily aims to understand how well people know different species and what factors influence differences in knowledge.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Welcome back to WildCRU's candid camera.
Can you name all of the species in this camera trap image? Leave your guesses in the comments.
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Can you name all of the species in this camera trap image? Leave your guesses in the comments.
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Welcome back to WildCRU's candid camera.
Can you name all of the species in this camera trap image? Leave your guesses in the comments.
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Can you name all of the species in this camera trap image? Leave your guesses in the comments.
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Meet Senior Research Fellow Dr Lauren Harrington
With a background in animal ecology and behaviour, Lauren has worked for over 30 years in conservation research and now focuses on incorporating animal welfare science into conservation practice.
👉 www.wildcru.org/members/dr-l...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
With a background in animal ecology and behaviour, Lauren has worked for over 30 years in conservation research and now focuses on incorporating animal welfare science into conservation practice.
👉 www.wildcru.org/members/dr-l...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Meet Senior Research Fellow Dr Lauren Harrington
With a background in animal ecology and behaviour, Lauren has worked for over 30 years in conservation research and now focuses on incorporating animal welfare science into conservation practice.
👉 www.wildcru.org/members/dr-l...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
With a background in animal ecology and behaviour, Lauren has worked for over 30 years in conservation research and now focuses on incorporating animal welfare science into conservation practice.
👉 www.wildcru.org/members/dr-l...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Echolocation gives animals a unique way to "see" the world through sound - but what shapes where these species live?
Researchers combined modelling and global datasets to discover the climatic influences on land and at sea.
Read more👉 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Researchers combined modelling and global datasets to discover the climatic influences on land and at sea.
Read more👉 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Echolocation gives animals a unique way to "see" the world through sound - but what shapes where these species live?
Researchers combined modelling and global datasets to discover the climatic influences on land and at sea.
Read more👉 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Researchers combined modelling and global datasets to discover the climatic influences on land and at sea.
Read more👉 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@biology.ox.ac.uk
We welcomed Tsyon Asfaw from Universiteit Antwerpen and University of Leeds to share a recent study of large carnivore conservation in protected areas of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. Despite identifying rich biodiversity, there is rising conflict when coexisting with communities.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We welcomed Tsyon Asfaw from Universiteit Antwerpen and University of Leeds to share a recent study of large carnivore conservation in protected areas of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. Despite identifying rich biodiversity, there is rising conflict when coexisting with communities.
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Meet PhD researcher Guilherme Costa Alvarenga
Gui is combining jaguar population dynamics, habitat use and human-carnivore coexistence to develop the first landscape-scale ecological model of jaguar population connectivity across the species’ range.
wildcru.org/members/guil...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Gui is combining jaguar population dynamics, habitat use and human-carnivore coexistence to develop the first landscape-scale ecological model of jaguar population connectivity across the species’ range.
wildcru.org/members/guil...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Meet PhD researcher Guilherme Costa Alvarenga
Gui is combining jaguar population dynamics, habitat use and human-carnivore coexistence to develop the first landscape-scale ecological model of jaguar population connectivity across the species’ range.
wildcru.org/members/guil...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Gui is combining jaguar population dynamics, habitat use and human-carnivore coexistence to develop the first landscape-scale ecological model of jaguar population connectivity across the species’ range.
wildcru.org/members/guil...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Introducing WildCRU’s candid camera!
Across global research sites, our team sets up camera traps to collect scientific data, but we also capture unexpected wildlife moments!
Do you know this animal? Hint: photo taken in Africa
📸 @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social & Charlotte Searle
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Across global research sites, our team sets up camera traps to collect scientific data, but we also capture unexpected wildlife moments!
Do you know this animal? Hint: photo taken in Africa
📸 @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social & Charlotte Searle
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Introducing WildCRU’s candid camera!
Across global research sites, our team sets up camera traps to collect scientific data, but we also capture unexpected wildlife moments!
Do you know this animal? Hint: photo taken in Africa
📸 @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social & Charlotte Searle
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Across global research sites, our team sets up camera traps to collect scientific data, but we also capture unexpected wildlife moments!
Do you know this animal? Hint: photo taken in Africa
📸 @jonathan-growcott.bsky.social & Charlotte Searle
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Meet PhD researcher Harrison Carter
His research aims to bridge the nature and finance sectors, allowing private markets to contribute towards our coexistence with nature in meaningful and scalable ways.
👉 wildcru.org/members/harr...
Science communication👉 wildharrison.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk
His research aims to bridge the nature and finance sectors, allowing private markets to contribute towards our coexistence with nature in meaningful and scalable ways.
👉 wildcru.org/members/harr...
Science communication👉 wildharrison.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Meet PhD researcher Harrison Carter
His research aims to bridge the nature and finance sectors, allowing private markets to contribute towards our coexistence with nature in meaningful and scalable ways.
👉 wildcru.org/members/harr...
Science communication👉 wildharrison.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk
His research aims to bridge the nature and finance sectors, allowing private markets to contribute towards our coexistence with nature in meaningful and scalable ways.
👉 wildcru.org/members/harr...
Science communication👉 wildharrison.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk
The financial sector’s influence on biodiversity is under growing scrutiny.
Researchers found that only one major private equity firm has measurable, time-bound commitments to tackle biodiversity loss.
Read the paper, led by Harrison Carter 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...
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Researchers found that only one major private equity firm has measurable, time-bound commitments to tackle biodiversity loss.
Read the paper, led by Harrison Carter 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The financial sector’s influence on biodiversity is under growing scrutiny.
Researchers found that only one major private equity firm has measurable, time-bound commitments to tackle biodiversity loss.
Read the paper, led by Harrison Carter 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Researchers found that only one major private equity firm has measurable, time-bound commitments to tackle biodiversity loss.
Read the paper, led by Harrison Carter 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Meet PhD researcher Jenny Linden!
Jenny’s research aims to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the endangered African wild dog using data from remote sensing, accelerometer collars, thermal data loggers, and fieldwork in South Africa.
👉 wildcru.org/members/jenn...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Jenny’s research aims to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the endangered African wild dog using data from remote sensing, accelerometer collars, thermal data loggers, and fieldwork in South Africa.
👉 wildcru.org/members/jenn...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Meet PhD researcher Jenny Linden!
Jenny’s research aims to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the endangered African wild dog using data from remote sensing, accelerometer collars, thermal data loggers, and fieldwork in South Africa.
👉 wildcru.org/members/jenn...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Jenny’s research aims to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the endangered African wild dog using data from remote sensing, accelerometer collars, thermal data loggers, and fieldwork in South Africa.
👉 wildcru.org/members/jenn...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Chung-Hang Hung from National Taiwan University shared their research on little terns.
Despite key challenges including coastal development, extreme weather, and disturbances from humans and animals, nationwide monitoring shows that breeding populations have increased since 2021
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Despite key challenges including coastal development, extreme weather, and disturbances from humans and animals, nationwide monitoring shows that breeding populations have increased since 2021
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Chung-Hang Hung from National Taiwan University shared their research on little terns.
Despite key challenges including coastal development, extreme weather, and disturbances from humans and animals, nationwide monitoring shows that breeding populations have increased since 2021
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Despite key challenges including coastal development, extreme weather, and disturbances from humans and animals, nationwide monitoring shows that breeding populations have increased since 2021
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Unsustainable development is fragmenting landscapes and harming biodiversity.
Connecting Landscapes is a tool that helps policy makers assess trade-offs between development and conservation through modelling connectivity, population and genetic exchange.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Connecting Landscapes is a tool that helps policy makers assess trade-offs between development and conservation through modelling connectivity, population and genetic exchange.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Unsustainable development is fragmenting landscapes and harming biodiversity.
Connecting Landscapes is a tool that helps policy makers assess trade-offs between development and conservation through modelling connectivity, population and genetic exchange.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Connecting Landscapes is a tool that helps policy makers assess trade-offs between development and conservation through modelling connectivity, population and genetic exchange.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
From monitoring and threat detection, to vaccination and community initiatives, the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme is helping to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and endangered wolves that call it home.
Discover 30 years of research 👉 ethiopianwolf.org/resources/EW...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Discover 30 years of research 👉 ethiopianwolf.org/resources/EW...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
From monitoring and threat detection, to vaccination and community initiatives, the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme is helping to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and endangered wolves that call it home.
Discover 30 years of research 👉 ethiopianwolf.org/resources/EW...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Discover 30 years of research 👉 ethiopianwolf.org/resources/EW...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
With Dinkenesh Ethiopia; Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority; Oromia Forest & Wildlife Enterprise; Amhara's Environment, Forest & Wildlife Protection & Development Authority, and dedicated Ethiopian Highland teams, EWCP have worked hard for 30 years to realise their vision.
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
With Dinkenesh Ethiopia; Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority; Oromia Forest & Wildlife Enterprise; Amhara's Environment, Forest & Wildlife Protection & Development Authority, and dedicated Ethiopian Highland teams, EWCP have worked hard for 30 years to realise their vision.
Celebrating 30 years of Ethiopian wolf conservation!
The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme has a vision to secure Ethiopian wolf habitat and populations, and extend the species' range.
Read more from EWCP's Science Director, Jorgelina Marino 👉 wildcru.org/news/learnin...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme has a vision to secure Ethiopian wolf habitat and populations, and extend the species' range.
Read more from EWCP's Science Director, Jorgelina Marino 👉 wildcru.org/news/learnin...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Celebrating 30 years of Ethiopian wolf conservation!
The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme has a vision to secure Ethiopian wolf habitat and populations, and extend the species' range.
Read more from EWCP's Science Director, Jorgelina Marino 👉 wildcru.org/news/learnin...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
The Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme has a vision to secure Ethiopian wolf habitat and populations, and extend the species' range.
Read more from EWCP's Science Director, Jorgelina Marino 👉 wildcru.org/news/learnin...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Public perceptions of living with large carnivores🐺
Dr. Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita shared results from a public perception study on large carnivores (lynx, bears, and wolves) in Germany.
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Dr. Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita shared results from a public perception study on large carnivores (lynx, bears, and wolves) in Germany.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk @zalf.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Public perceptions of living with large carnivores🐺
Dr. Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita shared results from a public perception study on large carnivores (lynx, bears, and wolves) in Germany.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk @zalf.bsky.social
Dr. Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita shared results from a public perception study on large carnivores (lynx, bears, and wolves) in Germany.
[1/2] @biology.ox.ac.uk @zalf.bsky.social