Mar 29, 20236 min read

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...

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Mar 7, 20236 min read

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...

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Dec 7, 20224 min read

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...

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Jun 30, 20225 min read

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...

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Nov 5, 20214 min read

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...

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Aug 20, 20217 min read

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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