Conservation Archive

Ruppells Fox Vulpes Rueppellii Marwell Zoo

Rüppell’s fox (Vulpes rueppellii) rediscovered in Jbil National Park, Tunisia

April 6, 2021

Rüppell’s fox (Vulpes rueppellii) rediscovered in Jbil National Park, Tunisia Tunisian canids include the African golden wolf (Canis lupaster), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), the fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) and […]

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Monitoring the Tunisian scimitar-horned oryx population

February 23, 2021

Under watchful eyes: monitoring the Tunisian scimitar-horned oryx population Marie Petretto, Marwell Wildlife Conservation Biologist based in Tunisia, has shared an update from the field: Marwell’s team in Tunisia have […]

Grevys Zebra Equus Grevyi Marwell Zoo

Grevy’s zebra conservation full steam ahead

December 16, 2020

While 2020 has been a difficult year in Kenya as in the rest of the world due to the pandemic, our work to conserve the Grevy’s zebra has not stopped. […]

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Restoring habitats and continuing our conservation successes

December 14, 2020

Despite the difficulties of 2020, we have been able to continue the specialist conservation work at the nature conservation sites we manage in Hampshire. At one of these sites, Eelmoor […]

Goitered Gazelle Gazella Subgutturosa Marwell Zoo

Peaks to Plains: Restoring and reconnecting the habitats of goitered gazelle in Kazakhstan

November 1, 2020

Earlier this year, Marwell Wildlife was awarded a grant from the International Unions for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Save Our Species (SOS) programme to work with local conservation teams in Kazakhstan to assess […]

Releasing Lizards

Exceptional breeding year gives much needed boost to efforts to return the UK’s rarest lizard

September 10, 2020

As part of Marwell Wildlife’s continuing conservation work to re-establish the UK’s rarest lizard, the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), this year we have contributed over 130 juvenile lizards for release at […]

Snow Leopard Panthera Uncia Marwell Zoo Qilianshan

Detailed analysis reveals key differences in landscape use by snow leopards in two mountainous regions of China

August 5, 2020

A snow leopard photo taken using a remote camera trap in the Qilian Mountains, Gansu Province of China. © The Wildlife Institute, Beijing Forestry University, P.R. China Marwell researchers working […]

Remnant Asian elephant populations at risk in China

March 15, 2020

The Asian elephant is at risk of extinction due to anthropogenic pressures, and remaining populations are often small and fragmented remnants, occupying a fraction of the species’ former range. The […]

Impact Report 2018: positive news for Grevy’s zebra population

May 15, 2019

Impact Report 2018: positive news for Grevy’s zebra population, a 73% reduction in carbon footprint and the opening of the Energy for Life: Tropical House We are delighted to share […]

Marwell Wildlife Trustee receives inaugural ‘Lifetime Contribution to Wildlife Translocations Award’

December 15, 2018

Dr Mark Stanley Price, Marwell Wildlife Trustee, received the inaugural ‘Lifetime Contribution to Wildlife Translocations Award’ from the IUCN SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group Dr Mark Stanley Price, Marwell Wildlife Trustee, […]