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New research offers insight into African wild dog hunting strategies
Research conducted by the RVC's Structure and Motion Laboratory and Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, reveals that African wild dogs are...
Study shows humans and lions can coexist
The creation of community conservancies has had the greatest impact on lion survival. Community conservancies helping lion populations in Kenya...
Study sheds light on evolution of human malaria
The findings give new perspective on the mosquito-borne disease which threatens half the world’s population. Parasite made the leap from...
Polar bear breeding project gets underway
Arktos and Victoria will continue to live together for the next two weeks. Arktos and Victoria took to each other...
Cheetah cubs in critical care after c-section
"We are doing all we can to keep them healthy and strong, but it will be a challenge for these...
Royal opening for lion enclosure
The exhibition seeks to recreate Sasan Gir in Gujurat, India, which is the last remaining stronghold of Asiatic lions. Queen...
SeaWorld to end orca breeding programme
Orca performing at SeaWorld San Diego. Decision hailed "a defining moment" SeaWorld is set to end its controversial orca...
Spider diet more diverse than previously thought
10 families were reported to feed on a range of different plants, such a grasses, terms, orchids, trees, shrubs and...
Rare seabird ‘on the road to extinction’
The world’s biggest single colony of Balearic shearwaters live in a remote cave on the island of Mallorca. Decline could...
Red deer study reveals impact of inbreeding
To gather a rare example of the effects of inbreeding in wild animals, researchers used a DNA screening tool. Long-term...