WildCRU students in the London/Varsity Marathon
Two DPhil students at WildCRU, Ewan Macdonald and Carly Easby, participated in the London Marathon on Sunday 26th April 2015, running for the Oxford University Cross Country Club (OUCCC). In addition...
View ArticleOXFORD UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE: Wild herbivore decline may lead to ‘empty...
Decline of large wild herbivores may lead to an ‘empty landscape’ The global decline of large wild herbivores, especially in Africa and Asia, is raising the spectre of an ‘empty landscape’ in some of...
View ArticleWildCRU’s David Macdonald is named British conservation hero
Professor David Macdonald, founding Director of Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), has been ranked third in a list of Britain’s 50 most influential conservation heroes....
View ArticleTwo French language lion conservation publications released
Most literature is written in English, but our coordinator for lion conservation in West and Central Africa produced two publications in French, which is more widely used in the region. The first is a...
View ArticleLucy Tallents wins the OxTALENT 2015 WebLearn category
Following her success in the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Awards last month, Lucy Tallents has won the category of ‘Use of WebLearn to support teaching, learning or outreach’ in the OxTALENT 2015...
View ArticleThe Guardian interviews WilCRU researcher about dhole conservation
WildCRU researcher, Dr. Jan Kamler, was interviewed by The Guardian for an article about dhole conservation. Jan has been working on conservation projects for dholes in several countries in Asia during...
View ArticleMara Lion Project releases second quarter 2015 report
The latest update from the Mara Lion Project is now available. Download it in PDF format here. The Mara Lion Project by the Kenya Wildlife Trust seeks to sustainably conserve lions throughout the...
View ArticleWildCRU Otter article covers Journal of Zoology July issue
The cover of this month’s issue of Journal of Zoology (July 2015) displays a photo of a young giant otter. And the first article featured is one entitled ‘Effects of territory size on the reproductive...
View ArticleWildCRU postgraduate diploma alumna awarded SCCS-Cambridge intern prize
Malenoh Ndimbe, a Cameroonian alumnus of the Recanati-Kaplan Postgraduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice, recently returned to WildCRU as a sponsored intern to attend the...
View ArticleBones of Contention: lion bone trade report released
South Africa, 16th July 2015—A new study finds there is little evidence that the Lion bone trade in South Africa is currently adversely impacting wild Lion populations there, but warns the situation...
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