Quality of Site Content
I do my best to ensure Wildlife Online provides accurate, reliable information. My research draws primarily on peer-reviewed scientific literature and well-regarded books. Where I have used internet sources, I either reference them as such (and encourage appropriate caution) or have traced them back to the primary literature. I try to restrict online sources to scientific institutions and animal welfare organisations. Observations -- my own or others' -- are clearly identified as such.
Wildlife Online is my personal project, and I take full responsibility for its content. If you have questions, spot an error, or feel your research has been misrepresented, please contact me. I will address any legitimate concerns within 48 hours, subject to server access.
Presentation of Material
Wildlife Online is not intended as a scientific literature review. My aim is to bring together information from reliable sources into something accessible and readable, without the apparatus of formal academic citation. That said, I make a genuine effort to distinguish others' work from my own: I note when information comes from a scientific paper, naming the journal, date, and at least one author; I put direct quotations in quotation marks and italics, alongside the author and title; and I maintain a Recommended Reading list. Specific citations for core literature associated with the species articles/sections are gradually being added and will appear at the bottom of the article. Missing citations are available on request.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the information here does not stem from original research of my own. I have tried to make this clear throughout. If you feel your work has been misrepresented or inadequately credited, please get in touch and I will resolve it as quickly as possible – ideally within 48 hours.
Photos and Artwork
All photos and artwork on this site appear either with the contributor's express permission or under an appropriate open licence. I have not reproduced images from books or other websites without authorisation, and I ask visitors to extend the same courtesy to the contributors here.
Photographers and artists retain full copyright over their images and may request removal at any time. Each image carries a credit that links directly to the creator's website. Contributors involved with the provision of information, review of content, and testing of the website are listed on the Many Thanks page, with a link to their website where requested.
If you find an image of yours here that you did not authorise, please contact me and I will remove or reattribute it promptly. Anyone wishing to use an image from this site should contact the photographer or artist directly – contact details can usually be found via the credit links, or requests can be routed through me.
If you would like to contribute a photo, please see my Contact page for submission terms.