Wide-ranging snakes need more than small nature preserves
Smaller sized nature preserves may not be large enough for even some of the smaller animals they’re meant to protect. New research tracking the movements of ...
Protected Areas
Q&A: Many imperiled mammals found only in protected areas
Protected areas around the world are some of the last safe havens for many of the world’s jeopardized mammal species. The discovery, published in a study recently ...
Urban living comes with tradeoffs for swallows
City life seems to benefit tree swallows in Ohio, but it also poses health consequences their rural counterparts don’t face. That’s the finding of a team of ...
To protect endangered species, public lands aren’t enough
Even if all state and federal public lands in the United States were protected to benefit endangered species, more than half the country’s endangered species ...
For mammal diversity, land protections aren’t always enough
Even if an area is protected, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is more mammal diversity than unprotected areas, researchers in Canada found. Instead, it’s the ...
Can countries work together to fund conservation?
A new study suggests different ways to provide money to countries with protected areas in order to benefit conservation. Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil ...
In Canadian biosphere, key corridors cross private land
The Beaver Hills Biosphere in central Alberta includes a patchwork of protected areas, but some of the terrain that fishers in the region rely on most are ...
More biodiversity means more ecotourism
Protected areas with more biodiversity tend to have more tourists, according to new research. That popularity can mean more money for conservation and help bolster ...
Quebec biodiversity may increase with climate change
As climate change disrupts wildlife around the world, protected lands in Quebec might actually see higher biodiversity, researchers found, creating challenges for ...
Putting a price on wildlife helps locals conserve them
In the last decade, an innovative community-based ecotourism strategy has attracted attention in Laos for saving wildlife and supplementing local people’s ...