Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

The central aim of conservation biology is to understand and mitigate the effects of human
activities on biodiversity. To successfully achieve this objective, researchers must take an …

As global biodiversity continues to reduce at an alarming rate, threatened species are
increasingly being brought under intensive management or into captivity. However, current …

The provision of probiotics benefits the health of a wide range of organisms, from humans to
animals and plants. Probiotics can enhance stress resilience of endangered organisms …

During the ongoing biodiversity crisis, captive conservation and breeding programs offer a
refuge for species to persist and provide source populations for reintroduction efforts …

Host-associated bacterial communities can function as an important line of defence against
pathogens in animals and plants. Empirical evidence and theoretical predictions suggest …

The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last
decades. This article represents an overview of the different categories of fungal infections …

In an era of global warming, natural disasters, endangered species, and devastating
pollution, contemporary writing on the environment largely focuses on doomsday scenarios …

This paper presents the output of our fifth annual horizon-scanning exercise, which aims to
identify topics that increasingly may affect conservation of biological diversity, but have yet to …

Skin‐associated bacteria of amphibians are increasingly recognized for their role in defence
against pathogens, yet we have little understanding of their basic ecology. Here, we use …