In search of rare pear species in the mountains of Armenia By Anna Asatryan, 9th April 2026

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In Anna Asatryan’s blog, she describes her search for elusive wild pear trees across the rugged Armenian mountains🌄

From rediscovering Pyrus hajastana after 52 years to documenting new individuals and localities for other endemic pears 🍐

Global extinction risk assessment of soil-dependent species: recent progress and recommendations | Oryx | Cambridge Core Global extinction risk assessment of soil-dependent species: recent progress and recommendations

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Through the implementation of the recommendations of this study, the IUCN and its partner organizations will be able to support more informed decision-making by governments and communities globally to achieve more sustainable interactions with soil-dependent species and ecosystem functioning.' 🌱

🦠'The value of conserving soil biodiversity is becoming increasingly recognized by landholders, government agencies and NGOs. However, there is a clear need to address the huge knowledge gaps that are limiting the scientifically planned management of soil ecosystems...

Latest issue: Bird conservation By Cecilia Derrick, 1st April 2026

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🪽 The latest issue of Oryx features a selection of articles on bird conservation, bringing together studies that span multiple continents, species and conservation challenges. In the lead article, Risi et al. highlight the importance of Aldabra in the Seychelles for the red-footed booby🪶

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📖 Simon Pooley’s 'Discovering the Okapi' is a fascinating deep dive into one of the world’s most elusive mammals—and the complex human histories that shaped its Western “discovery.”

Chloe Hodgkinson has reviewed 'Discovering the Okapi' in Oryx 🖊️

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The shark who connected two nations By Christophe Mason-Parker & Stella Diamant, 5th March 2026

Read the full story in our latest blog and the open‑access Conservation News piece published in Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation: 'First documented movement of a whale shark between Madagascar and Seychelles':

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A new discovery in the western Indian Ocean has reshaped our understanding of whale shark movements 🌊

Researchers from the Madagascar Whale Shark Project and the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles have confirmed the same individual whale shark travelling between Madagascar and Seychelles🐋

Camera traps detect elusive Chinese pangolins in the Central Highlands of Vietnam By Tay Van Nguyen, 24th February 2026

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A Chinese pangolin has been recorded for the first time in Kon Ka Kinh National Park, Vietnam—an exciting discovery that extends the species’ known range and highlights the Park’s incredible biodiversity ⛰️

The Uzbek endemic Astragalus centralis E. Sheld. is Critically Endangered and at serious risk of extinction without urgent conservation action | Oryx | Cambridge Core The Uzbek endemic Astragalus centralis E. Sheld. is Critically Endangered and at serious risk of extinction without urgent conservation action

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🔴 New research in Oryx assesses Astragalus centralis as Critically Endangered under the IUCN Red List criteria.

With only a single known declining population, the species urgently requires habitat protection, ex situ propagation, conservation translocation and regulated grazing.

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🪾Today, its rich mosaic of habitats face mounting threats from land-use change, invasive species and overexploitation. This issue features research on rediscovered endemic Brazilian species, hybridization threatening primate conservation, and the first record of the elusive bush dog in Minas Gerais.

🌳The latest issue of Oryx focuses on one of the world’s most diverse yet vulnerable biomes—the Atlantic Forest. Once spanning 1.3 million km² across Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, this biodiversity hotspot has lost nearly 90% of its original vegetation.

Indigenous Peoples and local communities report a consistent decline in the body mass of birds across three continents | Oryx | Cambridge Core Indigenous Peoples and local communities report a consistent decline in the body mass of birds across three continents

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A global study combining data with insights from Indigenous and local communities across three continents has revealed that commonly observed bird species today are smaller-bodied than those remembered from past decades, highlighting the avian biodiversity crisis and the importance of collaboration.

Like needles in a haystack—searching for snails in the Polynesian forest By Justin Gerlach, 4th February 2026

Read more about the Partula story in the Oryx blog, and in Gerlach et al.'s article, 'Re-establishment of Partula tohiveana tree snails in French Polynesia after 40 years of extinction in the wild':

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🐌Justin Gerlach's blog post traces the remarkable journey of Partula conservation from the near‑total collapse of wild populations in the 1970s, following the introduction of the predatory rosy wolf snail, to successful reintroduction efforts.

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Scaling cliffs and chasing shadows: in search of the elusive long-tailed goral By Yeong-Seok Jo, 30th January 2026

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Jo et al.'s open‑access article is available in Oryx: doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Jo et al. have produced the first comprehensive distribution map for South Korea’s endangered long‑tailed goral.

For this elusive, cliff‑dwelling species, they combined species distribution modelling with three years of rigorous field surveys across the Baekdudaegan Mountains ⛰️

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Borzée et al. report that the IUCN World Conservation Congress adopted a resolution on 9 October 2025 to guide global amphibian conservation.

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📣 Oryx Conservation News:
Henriques et al. report on the rapid rise of an international ant pet trade and call on CITES Parties to act 🐜

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