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In exactly two years from now, Environtropica will celebrate two decades of its existence. Twenty years of struggling hard to project research findings on…

Survey on indoor termites of Toru-Orua: a University community in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria

By Richard Uzakah and Abigail Festus

Abstract

Termites are dreaded insect pests that destroy homes and dwellings; eating up wooden and structural supports and thus ultimately…

Food preference of pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis Morton, 1849) in the Tiwai Island edge communities, South-Eastern Sierra Leone

Saidu, J. B., Adewumi, A. A., Lameed, G. A. and Udo, A. J.

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The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is smaller than the common hippopotamus…

Comparative studies on length-weight relationship and Condition Factor of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus obtained from two reservoirs in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Ola-Oladimeji Folasade Adesola, Oladimeji Tofunmi Elizabeth, Idowu Eunice Opeyemi and Adedokun Janet Peju

Abstract

Comparative study was conducted to estimate the length-weight relationship and Condition Factor…

Threats to African Arthropods Biodiversity

Gbarakoro N. Tambeke

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African arthropod species are threatened by unsustainable agriculture, over-exploitation of edible species, invasive species and pollution. These drivers of arthropod biodiversity threats…

Assessment of poaching activities and wildlife trade in and around Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria

Olumuyiwa  A. Akande, Oladipo S. Olajesu,  Adeola A. Lameed,  Victoria Rowland, and  Oluwatobi P. Olusina

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This study assessed poaching activities and wildlife trade in and…