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Faunalytics Index – August 2019

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about tiger conservation, lentils, omnivores eating meat alternatives, insect species declines, and much more. READ MORE

Wild Tiger Management: Methods and Standards

Researchers evaluate tiger management methods and identify new strategies to help increase effectiveness through standardization and benchmarking. READ MORE

Poaching’s Threat To Rhino Populations

In this study, rhino population statistics were combined with granular data about poaching trends to determine just how much poaching factors into rhino population dynamics. READ MORE

Why Do Feral Cats Live Where They Live?

A study from Australia finds that feral cats tend to stay away from topographically-complex environments, preferring simpler lands instead. READ MORE

What’s In My Fish & Chips?

DNA Barcoding of U.K. fish products reveals threatened shark species on sale, among other problems and inconsistencies. READ MORE

Artificial Reefs May Help Migratory Fish

Facing rising temperatures and human development extending into our oceans, fish are migrating deeper, and further towards the poles. This migration could be facilitated by the strategic placement of artificial [...] READ MORE

Plastic Pollution Has Reached A New Low: The Deep Ocean

Once-untouchable deep-sea ecosystems aren’t safe from plastic. This study seeks to find just how contaminated two of the deepest ocean trenches are with plastic waste. READ MORE

Seahorses Under Siege: When Trade Bans Don’t Work

Despite international bans on both the export and import of dried and live seahorses, there remains a thriving underground trade in this endangered marine animal. READ MORE

California Sea Otters Need Kelp Cover To Recover

Data from Monterey Bay reveals that human intervention is necessary to help sea otter populations expand their geographic range. READ MORE

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Faunalytics Index – August 2019

Wild Tiger Management: Methods and Standards

Poaching’s Threat To Rhino Populations

Why Do Feral Cats Live Where They Live?

What’s In My Fish & Chips?

Artificial Reefs May Help Migratory Fish

Plastic Pollution Has Reached A New Low: The Deep Ocean

Seahorses Under Siege: When Trade Bans Don’t Work

California Sea Otters Need Kelp Cover To Recover

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