Wild Boar Harvests and Road Collisions Peaked in Years Without Major Beech and Oak Seed Crops
Wild boar hunting bags showed broad two-year fluctuations across parts of Central Europe. In Baden-Württemberg, both the number…
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Artificial Wader Nests Had Lower Survival and Different Predators Than Natural Nests in Estonia
In Estonian coastal grasslands, 77 artificial wader nests had lower survival than 182 natural lapwing and ringed-plover nests,…
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East Greenland Barnacle Geese Fell to 65,516 While the Russian Flyway Held Near 1.5 Million
AEWA’s 2026 assessment estimated 65,516 East Greenland barnacle geese in March 2026, down from earlier peaks of 80,000,…
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Bird Diversity Fell After Cormorant Colonies Became Established on Baltic Islands
Annual monitoring from 261 Estonian Baltic islands showed that breeding-bird diversity declined after great cormorant colonies became established…
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GPS-tracked Northern Pintails Shifted Toward Daytime Flight During Spring Migration
Twenty-two GPS-tracked Northern Pintails showed a gradual shift toward more daytime migration as they moved northeast from northern…
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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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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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Vehicle Collisions, Poisoning and Electrocution Stood Out in Rehabilitation Records for Threatened African Raptors
In a global review of 147,422 raptor admissions, vehicle collisions accounted for 25% of eight martial eagle admissions;…
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