🧸 The Teddy Bear’s Doom: A Cautionary Tale in Conservation Policy

In his blog, renowned biologist Ronald Nowak revisits the complex and often controversial history of the Louisiana black bear — the real-life inspiration behind the beloved Teddy Bear.

www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/the-ted...

New issue!🏝
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎

This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋

You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We're excited to share that Professor Andrew Balmford, a Senior Editor of Oryx, has been awarded the inaugural 'Royal Society Environment Medal and Lecture' for outstanding & sustained work in environmental science 🎉🌱

Congratulations from the Oryx team, Andrew!👏

royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Aditya Pal's first sight of a Bengal florican in Nepal left a big impression; one that would lead him to starting the Bengal Florican Project: lnkd.in/eNjQV3Hw 🐦‍⬛

We'd like to thank Aditya for his Conservation News piece and blog, and his continued support of the Bengal florican🪶

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🚨 Exciting opportunity to join the Oryx team! 🐾

We are hiring an Editorial Officer. The role focuses primarily on providing comprehensive editorial support and managing the journal's social media and communications.

Find out more here: www.fauna-flora.org/about/career...

📅 Deadline: 30 March 2025

These are so good! Thank you! 🥰

We have an opportunity for a temporary copyeditor/proofreader to join the Oryx team. If you have experience in copyediting and proofreading, preferably within academic publishing, and are interested in ecology and conservation, do get in touch! 😊 www.fauna-flora.org/about/career...

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread.

(From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation is now on BlueSky! Follow @oryxthejournal.bsky.social for updates on new conservation science articles, journal issues and more!
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Prachtig!

The deadline for this call of papers has been extended to 7 February 2025, so there is still time to send in your abstract: www.oryxthejournal.org/authors/call...

A virtual issue containing the Oryx articles referenced in both of these brilliant editorials is available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In the same issue, @juliajones.bsky.social and @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social pay tribute to his work as they reflect on how Bill's scholarship has profoundly changed the way conservationists see the world: doi.org/n3dg

In the new issue of Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation, Bill Adams reflects on developments in nature conservation over the last decades, as he steps down from the journal's editorial board after more than 25 years. His insights show what has changed and what has remained: doi.org/n3df

A bit late to the party, but a camel perhaps?

Are you researching parasites and their conservation? Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation has just put out a call for papers for an upcoming special issue on this often overlooked topic! Click here to find our more: t.co/wTSwShQmgw