diff --git a/animal-conservation.csl b/animal-conservation.csl
index e1c923c272..10f886fa27 100644
--- a/animal-conservation.csl
+++ b/animal-conservation.csl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <category field="biology"/>
     <issn>1367-9430</issn>
     <eissn>1469-1795</eissn>
-    <updated>2023-11-03T07:47:18+00:00</updated>
+    <updated>2025-01-23T08:21:38+00:00</updated>
     <rights license="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License</rights>
   </info>
   <locale xml:lang="en">
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@
   <macro name="title">
     <choose>
       <if type="report thesis" match="any">
-        <text variable="title"/>
+        <text variable="title" font-style="italic"/>
         <group prefix=" (" suffix=")" delimiter=" ">
           <text variable="genre"/>
           <text variable="number" prefix="No. "/>
         </group>
       </if>
       <else-if type="book graphic  motion_picture report song manuscript speech" match="any">
-        <text variable="title"/>
+        <text variable="title" font-style="italic"/>
       </else-if>
       <else>
         <text variable="title"/>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
   <macro name="container-title">
     <choose>
       <if type="article-journal">
-        <text variable="container-title" form="short"/>
+        <text variable="container-title" form="short" font-style="italic"/>
       </if>
       <else-if type="bill legal_case legislation" match="none">
         <group delimiter=": ">
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@
   </citation>
   <bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="99" et-al-use-first="98" et-al-use-last="true" entry-spacing="0" line-spacing="2">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="issued-sort" sort="ascending"/>
       <key macro="author"/>
+      <key macro="issued-sort" sort="ascending"/>
     </sort>
     <layout>
       <group suffix=".">