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Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss

  • Written by David Jachowski, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Clemson University
Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity lossA short-tailed weasel in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.Jacob W. Frank, NPS/Flickr

At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity’s relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human reaching to embrace a panda –...

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