The Great London [05/09/22] 

  • Natural Heritage: First global analysis indicates leopards have lost nearly 75 percent of their historic range

    The leopard (Panthera pardus), one of the world's most iconic big cats, has lost as much as 75 percent of its historic range, according to a paper >published in the scientific journal PeerJ. Conducted by partners including the National Geographic Society's Big Cats Initiative, international conservation charities the Zoological So…

  • Forensics: Slavery carried bilharzia parasites from West Africa to the Caribbean

    Scientists used the full DNA sequences of Schistosoma mansoni parasites from Africa and the French Caribbean to discover the fluke's origins, map its historic transmission and identify the secrets of its success. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, show how the global slave trade transported the disease from Senegal a…