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- ZSL's Science and Conservation Award Winners Announced
Exceptional scientists and conservationists honoured with ZSL Awards
9 December 2024Each year, ZSL recognises outstanding achievements and contributions made in zoology and conservation science through its awards programme.
- Public invited to delve in to history of ‘prehistoric’ fish
Conservation charity highlights 400 years of Britain’s royal fish
6 December 2024Armour-plated fish that’s been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth is at risk of being completely wiped out unless urgent conservation action is taken
- The importance of recovery
Europe's native oyster ecosystems are collapsed
6 December 2024Scientists have revealed that the native oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has been declared ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives across Europe.
- Restoring nature
Palm oil sector threatens progress to UN goal of ending deforestation
7 November 2024Decade of analysis reveals need to ramp up efforts as deadline to restore world’s forests approaches
- CBD COP16, Cali, Colombia
Conservationists call for impact of armed conflict on biodiversity to be acknowledged
17 October 2024In an article published in the Nature Journal, conservationists from ZSL and CEOBS call on world leaders at CBD COP16 to address the impact of armed conflict on biodiversity loss.
- Measuring how and why nature is changing
Living Planet Index 2024
10 October 2024Living Planet Index 2024
- ZSL response
ZSL response to the sovereignty changes over the Chagos Archipelago
3 October 2024Sovereignty changes over the Chagos Archipelago
- Cutting edge research
Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander revealed to be multiple species
3 October 2024New study reveals that Chinese giant salamanders are in fact up to nine different species.
Toothed toad found in Vietnam’s ‘froggy hotspot’ described in science for first time
2 October 2024ZSL herpetologists make surprising discovery in a hotspot for rare amphibian species
- ZSL and RAF join up to monitor seals in the Thames Estuary
Conservationists take to sea and air to check wellbeing of Thames seals
26 September 2024Almost 600 harbour and 3,000 grey seals now call the Thames Estuary home, reveals the latest seal survey by international conservation charity ZSL – highlighting the importance of the iconic river for these doe-eyed, native species.
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