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Hungry Wild Pigs Are Worsening Climate ChangeWhen the invasive swine root through soils around the world, they release as much carbon dioxide as a million cars. Good luck getting rid of them.

‘Intense’ human pressure is widespread among terrestrial vertebrates, study finds

Mumbai's leopards have killed humans – but could they also be saving lives?Leopards roaming the Sanjay Gandhi National Park could be helping to control the city’s dangerous stray dog population, study suggests

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Lions in a Uganda park make a perilous journey across a 1.5km stretch of water: study suggests the drive is to find matesMale lions are making the risky swims, braving crocodiles and hippos, so as to find females.

Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if lions take one in Uganda, a farming family’s income is goneDeveloping countries suffer the most in the conflict between large carnivores and humans. We need better financial incentives for these communities to make sure these iconic predators are protected.

‘One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth’: wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each yearWild pigs are on every continent, except Antarctica. All up, they likely turn over the the same amount of soil as the area of Taiwan.

Why paying people to tolerate wildlife is not the magic bullet for conservationCompensation for losses from wildlife is an increasingly popular conservation intervention. However, a recent review cautions its use.

Guns, snares and bulldozers: new map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlifeNew research looked at human impacts on more than 5,000 threatened species and found that a quarter of them have almost nowhere left to go to escape from the threats posed by human development.

Back from extinction: a world first effort to return threatened pangolins to the wildPangolins are illegally traded, linked to the coronavirus pandemic and driven to extinction in some areas. That’s why it’s vital to reintroduce this threatened species back into the wild.

We Should Embrace Scavengers and PredatorsThey’re being lost at an unprecedented rate, and that’s not good for human health and well-being

Ivory up in flames, but who really noticed? How messages on elephant poaching might be missedThe destruction of a massive haul of illegal ivory was supposed to send a message to poachers and those who trade in the tusks. Did they notice, or can the ivory be used to help elephant conservation?

Helping farmers and reducing car crashes: the surprising benefits of predatorsDingoes increase cattle yields, mountain lions reduce car crashes and vultures eat organic waste: like them or not, predators help humans.

Leopards in a city park in India may help lower human injuries and deaths from stray dog bitesWild leopards that live in an Indian city park like to dine on stray dogs, which new research says may help reduce the number of potentially deadly dog bites on people.

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