Our blogs
Making a difference for wildlife.
At ZSL, we are proud of the work we do. To give you an insight into the work our conservationists, scientists, and volunteers achieve on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, take a look at our latest blog posts below.
- International talks to tackle plastic pollution
ZSL joins the United Nations Treaty negotiations to end plastic pollution
26 May 2023ZSL will be travelling to Paris to be part of discussion towards a new global Treaty to end plastic pollution
- Our Origin of species first edition
On the Origin of ZSL’s Origin
9 May 2023Solving the mystery of our Origin of Species copy, where it came from and why we didn't receive a copy until forty years after it was first published.
- Endangered tiger numbers in India have risen to record high
Tiger conservation success in 2023
14 April 2023Record-breaking numbers of Bengal tigers in India have been announced by the country’s latest tiger census with over 3100 tigers now in the country – double the number living there less than 20 years ago
- Climate crisis an existential threat to wildlife
What does the latest IPCC report mean for wildlife?
24 March 2023Global temperatures are predicted to rise by approximately 3.2°C by the end of the century, which would make multiple regions across land and sea that risk becoming inhospitable to up to 100% of the wildlife living there.
- How do we protect the health of our native species?
Our Wild Isles
10 March 2023Wildlife vet Sophie Common discusses the importance of protecting British wildlife, and how the DRAHS team at ZSL are working towards this
- Protecting unique species
Protecting animals on the EDGE
28 February 2023Often when a species seems unique, such as pangolins with their scaly armoured skin or elephants with their ginormous ivory tusks, it is because there is, indeed, nothing else like them on Earth.
- Colonial past of early zoologists
Alfred Russel Wallace and colonialism
28 February 2023On 24 October 1858, on the island of Bacan, a young Malay boy called Ali shot and took into his possession a bird which had been seen and in all likelihood shot for its plumage many times before by the local islanders.
- Major new study shows reptiles at risk
Science of endangered reptiles
23 January 2023We found that at least 1,829 of 10,196 reptile species (21%) are threatened, compared with 41% of amphibians, 25% of mammals, and 14% of birds. For reptiles, this represents a staggering 15.6 billion years of unique phylogenetic diversity at risk.
- Investigating causes of cetacean strandings for 30 years
CSI of the Sea: what have we learnt from 30 years of investigating UK strandings?
- New hope for Thailand’s Sunda pangolins
New hope for Thailand’s Sunda pangolins
5 January 2023It is only a few seconds of black and white footage, but video from a remote camera trap in Thailand has given new hope to ZSL’s team of pangolin conservationists.
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