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The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...

Clown anemonefish survive heatwaves by shrinking together with their breeding partner.

Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....

The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk a...

Environmental stress on coral reefs is increasing. Authors show a stress-related reduction in residency of grey reef sharks on the remote reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, promoting more diffuse space ...

Fisher-shark conflict is occurring at Lord Howe Island, Australia due to high levels of Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) depredation (where sharks consume hooked fish) and bycatch.…

Animal tracking has opened the door to address many fundamental questions in ecology and conservation. Whilst historically animals have been tracked as a means to understand their large-scale move...