Balkan Adder Provided the First Wild Scavenging Record for Vipera berus
An adult female Balkan adder on Vitosha Mountain was found swallowing a dead bank vole whose severe injuries…
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A 120,000-year-old Fallow Deer Population Matched the Mitochondrial Diversity of the Modern Range
Ten mitochondrial genomes from roughly 120,000-year-old fallow deer in Germany showed that one ancient local population held about…
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Larger Grass Snakes Took Larger Prey, While Fish Were Proportionally Larger Than Frogs
Among 39 grass snakes from a historical Plovdiv dataset, larger snakes contained larger prey. Frog size tracked snake…
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Golden Jackals Occurred Closer to People Where Wolves Were Common
Across 8,991 survey sites in 13 European countries, wolf presence was the strongest constraint on golden jackal occurrence.…
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Grass Snakes in Bulgaria Were Recorded Eating at Least 11 Amphibian Species
A 2026 review and field update from Bulgaria compiled published diet records and 17 new observations, showing grass…
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Thrush Nightingales Crossed Deserts by Flying at Night and Remaining Almost Inactive by Day
Multisensor loggers showed that thrush nightingales crossed the Sahara and Arabian Desert through consecutive nocturnal flights, with daytime…
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Climate Best Explained Fine-Scale Genetic Connectivity in Expanding Golden Jackals
A Eurasian landscape-genomics study of 363 golden jackals found that geography dominated genetic structure at continental scale, while…
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Ring Recoveries Mapped Two Major African Flyways for Western Palearctic Common Terns
Thousands of ringing recoveries showed western-breeding common terns mainly used the East Atlantic flyway, while central and eastern…
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A Small Fraction of Wild Boar Showed Disproportionately High Movement and Contact Across Europe
A synthesis of nearly 3.9 million GPS locations from 743 wild boar in 13 European countries found generally…
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Two Models Estimated 13.5–19.6 Million Wild Boar Across Europe’s Core Range
Two independently calibrated models estimated about 13.5 million and 19.6 million wild boar across Europe’s core range before…
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Trichinella Was Detected in 597 of 43,228 Wild Boar Carcasses in Bulgaria
A five-season Bulgarian survey tested 43,228 wild boar carcasses and found 597 positive for Trichinella; 558 of the…
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