Iconic animals such as giraffes can be flagship species for conservation because of their charisma and popularity among the public. A new study explored the various threats to giraffe populations, and how specific human actions can mediate those threats so that giraffes can thrive together in African savannas.

The study has been carried out by a team of scientists from the Doñana Biological Station, and Penn State University, and Wild Nature Institute

The study led by the CSIC confirms that greylag geese spread several plant species between different habitats 300 kilometres from their origin.
Scientists have analyzed faecal samples and the movements of this species marked with GPS for the research carried out in Sweden.

A scientific team led by a researcher from the Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC has compiled all data available for Schistostega pennata, so-called goblin’s gold, and created species distribution models in the Iberian Peninsula.

This unique plant is distributed in only a few areas of the Iberian Peninsula, especially in the north and northwest, and its ecology is still poorly known. Many of its populations are threatened by human activity.

Researchers from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC have studied the changes in the distribution of the three species of crayfish introduced in Spain throughout history.
The study was based on historical sources to describe the evolution of the species distributions and the factors that may have influenced the process.

• The scientific team, led by Viktor Baranov from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC, has described three amber pieces containing fossils of aquatic insect larvae.