Species: Blakiston’s fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) | Conservation Status: Endangered | Region: Russia, Japan and Korea | Interview: Jonathan Slaght   About Blakiston’s Fish Owl Blakiston’s fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) is a species sitting within the Bubo genus and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Initially placed within the Ketupa genus, the fish owl was moved to Bubo as this classification is more applicable to owls with ear tufts like the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginians), and now contains about a dozen species. It is the largest living species of owl thanks to its average measurem ..read more

Species: Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) | Conservation Status: Critically Endangered | Region: New Zealand | Interview: Senior Ranger of Kakapo Recovery, Jenny Ricket by Paris Bates   About The Kakapo Populations of New Zealand’s endemic parrot species, kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), once spread broadly over the three main islands of the continent. Since human arrival, numbers of the nocturnal, mottled-green bird have been on a steady decline. Now, with 155 individuals left, they call two small islands just off the southwestern side of the country home.   The Details At first glance ..read more

Originally published at the website of our conservation initiative: ANiMOZ – Fight for Survival. Wildlife organisations across Australia are taking part in a public vote to have their target species included in a game about endangered Australian animals. From 1-31 August, some of Australia’s largest conservation groups will have a spotlight shined on their work as part of The ANiMOZ Aussie Wildlife Vote 2020, a month-long public vote on the ANiMOZ website. Not only is this a chance to engage with the amazing work that these organisations do, but also to learn about species many of us hav ..read more

Video via Phillip Island Nature Parks/Visit Victoria “Sad that cheating has crept into this beautiful sport.” And with that, penguins became the footballers many have been missing during isolation. Andrew Cotter, a well-known sports commentator, has become particularly famous during the Covid-19 quarantine for his narration of non-sporting events. With leagues all over the world shutting down, Cotter took to doing voice-overs for the energetic displays of his labradors at home and posted them to Twitter. Now, in collaboration with Visit Victoria and Phillip Island Nature Parks, he has turned h ..read more

In an age where deforestation threatens millions of animals worldwide, and human encroachment on surviving habitat is making it harder and harder for species to survive, conservationists in Scotland have thought of a new way to give land back to nature. An initiative to create a vast new nature reserve in Dumfries and Galloway through southern Scotland’s largest community land buyout has been launched on Go Fund Me, with a £3 million crowdfunding campaign to help purchase 10,500 acres of Langholm Moor. The ambitious plan by charity The Langholm Initiative to create the Tarras Valley Nature Res ..read more

This is a Conjour Species Profile on the Mexican grey wolf. by Audrey Lee Taxonomy: Canis lupus baileyi | Status: Endangered | Region: Arizona/New Mexico The Mexican grey wolf subspecies is the smallest of North America’s grey wolf species Human persecution led to dramatic declines, particularly following livestock hunting Captive breeding programs led to the reintroduction of the species, but populations are still under threat. About the Mexican grey wolf The Mexican grey wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as El lobo, is a subspecies of the grey wolf and one of the rarest and the smalle ..read more

The winning and highly commended photographs of this year’s Mammal Photographer of the Year competition – run by The Mammal Society – have been announced. The winning shot was taken by amateur photographer Roger Cox, when a fox decided the best vantage point into his car was straight through the windscreen. The Mammal Society “is a charity advocating science-led mammal conservation, leading efforts to collect and share information on mammals, encourage research to learn more about their ecology, distribution and contribute meaningfully to efforts to conserve them.” Part of this is thr ..read more

With record-breaking fires in a number of States around Australia, and the discussion around the impact of the Climate Crisis growing louder at the hands of out of touch city-lefties, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pointed out that Quiet Australians have real issues to contend with. We found one of those Quiet Australians and managed to get them to open up on the problems that they face that present a far bigger existential threat than the coming collapse of modern society as a result of anthropogenic activities. “Yeah, there’s a lot of coverage about this so-called global warming – o ..read more

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager behind the global School Strike 4 Climate movement, has turned down an International environmental award, saying “The climate doesn’t need awards.” Instead, Thunberg has again pushed politicians to listen to science, and to enact meaningful change. The award she was selected for is offered by the Nordic Council – a regional body for cooperation between countries. Both Norway and Sweden nominated the activist for her work in generating the Fridays for Future movement. Following the Council’s announcement, a spokesperson for Thunberg announced she would not b ..read more

A residing belief amongst conservationists is that people will only save that which they love, but it is all too easy for us to become enamoured with charismatic megafauna – think lions, tigers and bears. Here, the world’s lesser known critters, perhaps less loved, are put in the spotlight to help show our planet’s diversity and – in their own way – its beauty. Before opening this book, I had expected that its central joy would come – as with other Reviews I have written – from simply opening at a random page and learning what you may. However, having done both that, and read from the co ..read more