Written by Fabien Vivier We are pleased to announce a new publication  in Animal Conservation  entitled: Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerial systems to quantify age-structure.     Abstract: Assessing trends in population abundance and demographics is crucial for managing long-lived and slow-reproducing species. Obtaining demographic data, and age-structure information, is challenging, notably for cetaceans. To address this, we combined Unoccupied Aeri

Written by Fabien Vivier . Did you know that three species of monk seals have been identified in the world? The three species arthe Mediterranean monk seal ( Monachus monachus ); the Hawaiian monk seal ( Neomonachus schauinslandi ); and the Caribbean monk seal ( Neomonachus tropicalis ), unfortunately extinct since the middle of the 20th century. With only ~700 Mediterranean monk seals and ~1400 Hawaiian monk seals left in the world, both species, listed as Endangered in th