Genes Linked to the Stripes of Wild Boar Piglets
Genetic analysis of a 932-piglet breeding population and skin from three striped newborn hybrids implicated MC1R, KIT and…
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Research, conservation and new discoveries
A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Six Migratory Shorebirds Were Linked to Habitat Complexes Beyond Tidal Flats
Across the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, six shorebirds were associated not only with tidal flats but also with nearby…
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Bird Droppings Contained Both Plant Nutrients and Resistance Genes
Droppings from wintering waterbirds at Caohai in China contained phosphorus that can readily become available to algae. Researchers…
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Red and Tibetan Foxes Shared Prey, but Red Foxes Had a Broader Diet
DNA metabarcoding on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau found overlapping winter diets in red and Tibetan foxes, but red…
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Egg Rejection Did Not Clearly Increase After Cuckoo Arrival in Two Host Species
Grey bushchats and Siberian stonechats showed no clear increase in foreign-egg rejection after common cuckoos arrived. The result…
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New Papillomavirus Genome Identified in Black-headed Gull Faeces in China
Researchers identified the 7,794-base-pair CrPV1 genome in faecal samples from black-headed gulls in Sichuan and found it genetically…
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Tiger Recovery Was Not Consistently Linked to More Human–Tiger Conflict
A 2010–2025 synthesis from ten tiger range countries found no consistent relationship between tiger population size and total…
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Whooper Swans in Urban and Natural Xinjiang Wetlands Had Different Gut Microbiomes
A study of 34 faecal samples found clear differences in gut bacterial communities between whooper swans wintering in…
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Black-headed Gulls in Kunming Fled at Similar Distances From Women and Men
Wintering black-headed gulls in Kunming began to escape at similar distances when approached by women and men, while…
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Closer Relatives Among Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes and Hornbills Had More Similar Preen-Gland Microbiomes
Across eight taxa of hoopoes, woodhoopoes and hornbills, more closely related birds had more similar bacterial communities in…
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Computer Vision Counted Black-headed Gulls in Kunming with 91.6% Average Accuracy
A Kunming system combined a modified YOLOv8 detector with ByteTrack and achieved 91.6% average counting accuracy against manual…
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Fecal Organic Acids and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Shifted With Age in Rhesus Macaques
Among 24 captive rhesus macaques in China, several Krebs-cycle organic acids, amino acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids were…
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New Shiqi Pigeon Genome Placed 97.8% of Its Sequence on 41 Chromosomes
A chromosome-level genome from a female Shiqi pigeon in Zhongshan, China spans about 1.24 billion DNA bases, places…
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Japanese Tits Kept Their Distance From Eurasian Sparrowhawks but Defended Nests More Aggressively Against Indian Scops-Owls
At 24 nests in northeastern China, Japanese tit parents mostly kept their distance from Eurasian sparrowhawk models but…
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Almost All Active Barn Swallow Nests Were in Inhabited and Older Buildings in China
Across three Chinese regions, 98.1% of 942 active barn swallow nests were in inhabited buildings and 91.9% were…
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Gut Microbial Communities Differed Between Pre- and Post-migration Whooper Swan Samples in Xinjiang
Metagenomic sequencing of 24 whooper swan fecal samples from Xinjiang found similar overall microbial diversity before and after…
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Tarim Red Deer Microbiomes Showed Greater Capacity to Break Down Reed Fibre
Under the same reed-containing diet, captive Tarim red deer had more fibre-associated gut microbes, higher cellulase and hemicellulase…
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Blastocystis DNA Was Detected in 8 of 245 Black-headed Gull Fecal Samples at Dianchi Lake
PCR detected Blastocystis DNA in 8 of 245 fresh fecal samples from wintering black-headed gulls at Dianchi Lake,…
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Amur Tiger IL-15 Reduced FPV-Induced Stress and Apoptosis in Cultured Feline Cells
Researchers cloned six immune-related cytokines from four healthy Amur tigers in China. Recombinant IL-15 produced the strongest sustained…
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Three Decades of Records Showed Large Population Swings in Wulongkou Taihangshan Macaques
Three decades of records from Wulongkou in Henan showed large population fluctuations in Taihangshan rhesus macaques. Natality rose…
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