https://faunareport.org/ Articles on conservation, discovery and the real state of the world's species — with a daily pick of wildlife news from the best sources. en Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:25:37 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/what-protected-areas-protect/ https://faunareport.org/articles/what-protected-areas-protect/ A line on a map is not a fence. Why the world can hit its "protected" targets while wildlife keeps declining inside the lines. Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/how-many-species/ https://faunareport.org/articles/how-many-species/ We've named about 1.5 million species and estimate millions more. The gap isn't only undiscovered animals — "a species" is harder to define than it sounds. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/the-trouble-with-invasive/ https://faunareport.org/articles/the-trouble-with-invasive/ Non-native, invasive, naturalised — the labels do real work and are used loosely. A guide to what they mean and why the lines are contested. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/reading-the-red-list/ https://faunareport.org/articles/reading-the-red-list/ The IUCN categories aren't a rarity scale. A guide to reading them properly — and to not mistaking "no data" for "no problem". Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/keystone-species-misused/ https://faunareport.org/articles/keystone-species-misused/ Not every important animal is a keystone species. What the term actually means, where it came from, and why it gets stretched past breaking. Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/how-extinction-is-declared/ https://faunareport.org/articles/how-extinction-is-declared/ Proving a species is gone is harder than it sounds. The delay is deliberate — and it's why "rediscovered" species keep making the news. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/flagship-umbrella-indicator/ https://faunareport.org/articles/flagship-umbrella-indicator/ The panda isn't protected only for its own sake. A guide to the strategic roles conservation assigns to particular species — and the risks of each. Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/rewilding-and-its-arguments/ https://faunareport.org/articles/rewilding-and-its-arguments/ Letting nature take back control sounds simple. In practice rewilding is a set of contested choices about which nature, and whose land. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/minimum-viable-population/ https://faunareport.org/articles/minimum-viable-population/ A species can be doomed while thousands still live. Why conservation biologists worry about genetics and chance, not just headcount. Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/counting-wild-animals/ https://faunareport.org/articles/counting-wild-animals/ When a headline says "only 4,000 remain", where does the number come from? The methods behind the counts, and why they sometimes disagree. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/how-animals-get-scientific-names/ https://faunareport.org/articles/how-animals-get-scientific-names/ Behind every two-word Latin name sits a preserved specimen, a strict rulebook, and a surprising amount of history. How the system works, and why it matters. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/why-migratory-animals-are-hardest/ https://faunareport.org/articles/why-migratory-animals-are-hardest/ An animal that crosses a dozen borders needs all of them to hold. Why migration turns conservation into a problem no single country can solve. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/conservation-triage/ https://faunareport.org/articles/conservation-triage/ There isn't enough money to save everything. Whether conservation should openly decide what to let go is one of the field's most uncomfortable debates. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://faunareport.org/articles/extinct-in-the-wild/ https://faunareport.org/articles/extinct-in-the-wild/ Between "still here" and "gone" sits a strange state — species that survive only because we keep them alive. What it means, and why it's so hard to leave. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000