Conservation Internships: A Rite of Passage or a Catch-22?

By Kacey St John, a 2nd year BSc Zoology student at the University of Exeter Industry experience: a term that may strike fear into the...

Whose flagship is it anyway?

Frank van Veen is a professor of ecology and conservation at the University of Exeter. The flagship species idea is often put forward as...

Why we should give a monkey’s about monkeys

By Charlotte Armitage, a third year PhD student in Robbie McDonald’s research group. Charlotte is studying the effects of climate change...

10 suggestions to make more ethical field gear choices in ecology projects

Nancy Bunbury, Director of Science and Conservation for the Seychelles Islands Foundation There is so much discussion and information...

To pay or not to pay: should conservation experience come at a cost?

By Cheryl Sanchez. Cheryl is a PhD student at the University of Pisa, studying the foraging ecology and abundance of marine megafauna at...

5 ways to get your conservation message to where it’s needed (and avoid colonial science)

By Nancy Bunbury, Chris Kaiser-Bunbury and April Burt Nancy and Chris have worked in Indian Ocean Island conservation for the last 20...

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