Excluding researchers from the Global South from "international" conferences is a way to make science less global & diverse Why don't we have international conferences in countries with few visa restrictions?

New research Bird Conservation International journal w/Hainan University using #cameratraps & interview data for evidence on the elusive, critically endangered, endemic #Hainan #peacock #pheasant. Good news: detected where previously unsurveyed & unexpected ZSL Science Simon Dowell 🏳️‍🌈 doi.org/10.1017/S09592…

Sadly, one of the ocean’s most gentle giants is now functionally #extinct in China according to new research by ZSL Science & the Chinese Academy of Sciences: ow.ly/8C7y50KqSUI Heidi Ma 📷 Patrick Louisy

Functional #extinction of #dugong in #China now in Royal Society Publishing. Populations crashed in 1970s, last record in 2008, told through ~800 fishermen interviews. Important #conservation story only possible by dedication of our long-term collaborators. Read: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

Sadly, new research by ZSL Science & the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the dugong - also known as the ‘sea cow’ - is functionally extinct in China, with no sightings recorded since 2008: ow.ly/YzHe50Krp42

Never ever thought I would be on BBC Radio 4... However, I was delighted to chat sharks and our recent #VerticalSharks paper on 'Inside Science' this week Available here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Fellow ZSL colleague Heidi Ma also features discussing dugong extinction

Check out our new paper reviewing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) trade policy in China 👉 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16… Conservationists need to better understand TCM trade and collaborate with TCM communities to propose locally adapted conservation suggestions

Bringing the art of science and the science of art to everyone, one sketch at a time (There's no such thing as 'I can't draw'). ZSL Science ZSL Library Lucy Brown ZooLibrariAnn

Wrapped up the year at #BES2022 with our session on human wildlife interactions presenting some Hainan peacock pheasant data plus a contribution to the #drawyourstudyorganism wall ZSL Science Yifu Wang Chester Zoo Science Bird Conservation International journal

Join our free pop-up exhibition 'Refugia', which creatively explores #WildlifeConservation with asylum seekers & refugees, & discover how art & science can bring together diverse perspectives 🗓️9-19 Feb 📍Huxley Theatre, ZSL Register for your ticket now👉bit.ly/3Y9uPE4

On Monday we held an opening for our #Refugia exhibition-it was a fantastic evening filled with powerful insights & inspiring art from the New Art Studio members, ZSL participants & guests Refugia is open to the public until 19 Feb Book your tickets now👉bit.ly/3Y9uPE4

Registration is now open! Click the link below to sign up for our webinar on #cetacean science & #conservation. Hosted by Helen Czerski zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Refugia is our exploratory public engagement project ZSL Science co-created w/ art therapy non-profit New Art Studio funded by Natural Environment Research Council Great to see months of collaborative work culminate in an exhibition. Come see zoology inspired art! Until Feb 24: bit.ly/3Y9uPE4

Out today⚡️ Gibbons have different voices (just like we do) and we can exploit this to count populations more accurately. We applied this idea to one of the rarest primates on Earth, finding that it's much closer to extinction than we previously thought. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Just 37 Hainan gibbons remain on Earth, and they’re one of the rarest of all mammal species. Poaching and habitat loss almost wiped them out forever, but the last surviving population clings on in a single patch of forest in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park on Hainan

It’s thought that populations across the rest of the island have been extinct for more than 20 years. We’re working to save the species from extinction, together with our partners we’re reconnecting habitats to help gibbons form new groups so their population can begin to

Highly recommend going to see these soapbox science talks tomorrow at London’s Southbank, in particular Heidi Ma

Read the Relational Thinking blog post on my new paper: Local knowledge reveals hidden breeding sites, threats from trapping, and important landscape changes for the rare Blue-crowned Laughingthrush relationalthinkingblog.com/2024/04/17/pla…

The original Soapbox Science, #London edition! Representing ZSL ZSL Science with Sophie Ledger & Peggy Bevans on the #Southbank, featuring conservation stories of #Chinese & #Japanese giant #salamanders