"Non Scholae Sed Truculenter Discimus."

A bit of Latin to help your brain get into learning mode!

Seneca originally said 'we learn not for school but for life', but we've adapted his quote with the help of Google Translate and it now means 'we learn not for school but for wildlife.'

Below is a host of articles, written by our in-house conservation expert and co-founder Dr Rich, so hopefully there's something of interest for everybody!

Countries with Oil get Filthy Rich While Countries with Elephants Remain Dirt Poor

Aug 6
2 min

Countries with Oil get Filthy Rich While Countries with Elephants Remain Dirt Poor

I was on a video call with John Kahekwa this week and was reminded of something he’d said to me years ago, looking out over the town of...

Our Top 5 Wildlife Films

May 5
2 min

Our Top 5 Wildlife Films

Everyone loves a good film, so we've listed our top 5 wildlife movies in this post. Some are fairly standard choices, but number 2 might...

Top 10 TED Talks About Wildlife Conservation

Apr 9
3 min

Top 10 TED Talks About Wildlife Conservation

TED talks are a great way to learn about a whole range of topics, including wildlife conservation, so we’ve listed out the top 10 TED...

The Psychology of Conservation

Mar 1
4 min

The Psychology of Conservation

How many people would click on a red box on a website homepage that says, ‘do not click here’? We put that box on our homepage with a...

What will 2021 bring for wildlife conservation?

Jan 13
3 min

What will 2021 bring for wildlife conservation?

2020 was a tough year for everyone as Covid-19 spread around the world and millions suffered illness, loss of loved ones, loss of jobs,...

Ethics Won’t Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Nov 7, 2020
4 min

Ethics Won’t Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Many campaigns to bring an end to the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) focus on the ethics of killing animals for their parts, imploring...

It’s Time to Stop Arresting Wildlife Poachers

Jul 15, 2020
3 min

It’s Time to Stop Arresting Wildlife Poachers

Imaging the following situation: a lion is found dead next to a cattle carcass that has been poisoned. Analysis of the scene points...

The Cookies that Save Lives

Jun 14, 2020
1 min

The Cookies that Save Lives

When most people think about cookies, they think about sugary biscuits (or the weird things that appear to be on every website but which...

Covid and the Collapse of Tourism and Conservation Funding

Apr 17, 2020
3 min

Covid and the Collapse of Tourism and Conservation Funding

As people around the world remain in lockdown and the number of fatalities from the Coronavirus continues to rise, the human tool of this...

Conservation Crisis Reviews and Features

Apr 16, 2020
1 min

Conservation Crisis Reviews and Features

We've had a few reviews of our Conservation Crisis board game and app, so this blog brings together some of the the links to see the...

Wildlife Cartoons from Tunza Games

Feb 3, 2020
1 min

Wildlife Cartoons from Tunza Games

At a recent Conservation Optimism event about how framing affects communication, the host of the seminar, Ralph, used cartoons to share...

A Tusker Elephant and a Calf: how a big business is helping a small business save wildlife

Nov 25, 2019
4 min

A Tusker Elephant and a Calf: how a big business is helping a small business save wildlife

We were fortunate to be in the 2018/19 cohort of the Allia serious impact incubator, which provides support to social enterprises....

Is Fake Rhino Horn a Fake Solution

Nov 11, 2019
3 min

Is Fake Rhino Horn a Fake Solution

A recent BBC article reported that researchers at the University of Oxford and Fudan University in China have found a way of making fake...

A Cup of Coffee a Week to Save Wildlife

Oct 17, 2019
2 min

A Cup of Coffee a Week to Save Wildlife

International conservation initiatives are estimated to face a funding shortfall of $1 billion dollars a week or more (exact statistics...

Should Nature Documentaries Shock or Inspire?

Sep 19, 2019
2 min

Should Nature Documentaries Shock or Inspire?

Scientists recently published an article in the Journal People and Nature arguing that documentaries narrated by David Attenborough...

Engaging People

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Engaging People

This is the tenth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

Wildlife Population Recovery

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Wildlife Population Recovery

This is the ninth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

Wildlife Habitat

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Wildlife Habitat

This is the eighth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...

Conservation and Corruption

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Conservation and Corruption

This is the seventh post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...

Illness and Injury

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Illness and Injury

This is the sixth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

Misunderstanding

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Misunderstanding

This is the fifth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

Human-Wildlife Conflict

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Human-Wildlife Conflict

This is the fourth post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...

Funding

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Funding

This is the third post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

Poverty Poaching

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Poverty Poaching

This is the second post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to...

The Illegal Wildlife Trade

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

The Illegal Wildlife Trade

This is the first post in our series on the top 10 wildlife conservation challenges and solutions, to provide some quick and easy to read...

What is a Wildlife Fence and Why is it Important?

Aug 30, 2019
3 min

What is a Wildlife Fence and Why is it Important?

Wildlife fences come in many different forms, but they are all broadly designed to achieve the same goal; stop wildlife entering people’s...

After recent kidnappings in Congo, what next for gorilla tourism?

Aug 30, 2019
3 min

After recent kidnappings in Congo, what next for gorilla tourism?

Last week two British tourists were kidnapped in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the female ranger they...

Can a Hashtag Save Wildlife?

Aug 30, 2019
3 min

Can a Hashtag Save Wildlife?

There seems to be hashtag for almost everything these days, some more effective than others. The #metoo movement has gained significant...

The Heroes on the Frontline of Wildlife Conservation

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

The Heroes on the Frontline of Wildlife Conservation

Recent news has been very bad for rangers working in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 18 rangers were kidnapped in...

Could Guerrillas be the key to protecting Gorillas?

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Could Guerrillas be the key to protecting Gorillas?

Most people do not associate war and wildlife. Although wildlife documentaries may show conflicts between animals, such as among male...

Sudan the Phoenix - can technology and human will bring rhinos back from extinction?

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Sudan the Phoenix - can technology and human will bring rhinos back from extinction?

As readers of Greek mythology (and Harry Potter!) will know, a phoenix is a mythical bird that combusts into flames at the end of its...

Drones and Wildlife Conservation

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Drones and Wildlife Conservation

Drones are being used for all sorts of things these days, some more ethically than others; delivering blood in Rwanda is probably the...

Tourists Help Save Gorillas in Congo

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Tourists Help Save Gorillas in Congo

I was lucky enough to attend a Wild Frontiers event at the Royal Geographical Society last week, where Kate Humble spoke about her time...

Coltan: the hidden element in all our phones that threatens the survival of gorillas

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Coltan: the hidden element in all our phones that threatens the survival of gorillas

You may have read about coltan in the press over the past few years or seen something about it on the news. The mineral is mined in the...

Animals and Fitness

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Animals and Fitness

Many people will have been dieting and doing dry January to recover from the excesses of Christmas, as well as thinking about how to keep...

How does giving someone a job save wildlife?

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

How does giving someone a job save wildlife?

We get asked a lot of questions when people playing Conservation Crisis, most of which are about real-world conservation issues they find...

Board Games Show Importance of Sleep

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Board Games Show Importance of Sleep

A study conducted into the effects of a lack of sleep on brain function have been carried out using a range of board games. Games form...

Why Grown Ups Should Play More Games

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Why Grown Ups Should Play More Games

Most of us will have played card and board games when we were kids, with our families at home and friends in school, and possibly into...

Children and Gaming – a Parent’s Guide

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Children and Gaming – a Parent’s Guide

In this blog we've included a few ideas about how parents can get the best out of games for their kids. 1) Use games to help brain...

Conservation Crisis and Jumanji

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Conservation Crisis and Jumanji

With the imminent release of the updated Jumanji film, it seems like a good time to see the links between the film and Conservation...