Conservationists Say Something Stupid Again

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Conservation researchers tend to spend too much time focusing on topics no one cares about. This time, it's spending money to conserve pill bugs no one even notices.

Article: obla, J., Orihuela-Rivero, R., De
Smedt, P., Matarredona, M. & Garcia, L. (2024) A colourful
world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging
threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain. Insect
Conservation and Diversity, 1–16. Available from: https://doi.
org/10.1111/icad.12792
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12792

Other article: Reboleira ASPS, Eusébio RP, Taiti S (2022) Species conservation profiles of cave-adapted terrestrial isopods from Portugal. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e78796. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e78796
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/78796/list/8/