African large mammals are under extreme pressure from unsustainable hunting and habitat
loss. Certain traits make large mammals particularly vulnerable. These include late age at …

Background Metabarcoding of vertebrate DNA found in invertebrates (iDNA) represents a
potentially powerful tool for monitoring biodiversity. Preliminary evidence suggests fly iDNA …

Audience segmentation could help improve the effectiveness of conservation interventions.
Marketers use audience segmentation to define the target audience of a campaign. The …

The study of the archaeological remains of fossil hominins must rely on reconstructions to
elucidate the behaviour that may have resulted in particular stone tools and their accumulation…

Chimpanzees possess a large number of behavioral and cultural traits among nonhuman
species. The “disturbance hypothesis” predicts that human impact depletes resources and …

Anthrax is a globally important animal disease and zoonosis. Despite this, our current
knowledge of anthrax ecology is largely limited to arid ecosystems, where outbreaks are most …

Large brains and behavioural innovation are positively correlated, species-specific traits,
associated with the behavioural flexibility animals need for adapting to seasonal and …

Despite intensive study in humans, responses to dying and death have been a neglected
area of research in other social mammals, including nonhuman primates. Two recent reports […

Knowledge on the population history of endangered species is critical for conservation, but
whole-genome data on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is geographically sparse. Here, we …

Even though information on global biodiversity trends becomes increasingly available,
large taxonomic and spatial data gaps persist at the scale relevant to planning conservation …