Ever wonder what animals really think when they encounter us? The image we hold of ourselves wandering peacefully through ...
Experts studied footage of sharks taken across the Indian and Pacific Oceans and found that their numbers and sizes fell near large cities and fish markets. Sharks are intensively caught and killed by ...
The analysis of global data details the ruthlessness of our hunting practices and the impacts we have on prey. It shows how humans typically take out adult fish populations at 14 times the rate that ...
This morning my email inbox was brimming over with news about an essay published in Science magazine by researchers from the University of Victoria (Canada) and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation ...
African wildlife is more than twice as likely to flee from the sound of humans than lions. While the fear of human voices could pose issues for tourism in the region, it also provides new ways of ...
Small predators like spiders and ladybirds are the most likely to be lost when natural habitats are converted for human use, research suggests. A global study on the impact of human land use on ...
Mammals living in the African savannah are far more afraid of hearing a human voice than a lion’s growl, according to a new study that may lead to better strategies to steer animals away from poachers ...
As a species, our unflinching obsession with size is just as apparent in our dealings with other animals as it is in our personal lives. Fishermen prize the biggest catches and they're are obliged to ...