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Title Zoos and aquaria deliver missing information critical to sustaining biodiversity Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet University of Oxford Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 23/04/2019 Description In an era of always-on information, it is surprising how little we know about key biological aspects of animal species worldwide. A paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that fundamental pieces of information, such as fertility and survival rates - the building blocks of how populations persist - are missing from global data for more than 98 percent of known species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. URL www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-04-12-zoos-and-aquaria-deliver-missing-information-critical-sustaining-biodiversity Persons Johanna Stärk