Great Tits Were Paler in Built-Up Neighbourhoods
Across six European cities, great tits had less vivid yellow breasts where buildings and roads covered more of…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Decades of Reindeer Exclusion Raised Lichen Biomass 4.5-fold and Changed Soil Carbon
Long-term reindeer exclosures in three northern Finnish pine forests had 4.5 times more lichen biomass, moister and cooler…
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Finland Recorded Its First African Swine Fever Cases in Wild Boar
Finland detected African swine fever for the first time in late July 2026. The Finnish Food Authority’s current…
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Vector-Borne Pathogen DNA Detected in 10 of 23 Finnish Moose Calves
PCR detected Trypanosoma, Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Bartonella DNA in 10 of 23 Finnish moose calves. The small regional…
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Female Common Eiders in the High-predation Colony Had Higher Baseline Corticosterone and T3
In two Finnish common-eider colonies, females under high eagle predation had higher baseline corticosterone and T3, while females…
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Latitude Shaped Redshank Arrival While Breeding Outcome Shaped Departure Across Europe
GPS tracking of 85 adult common redshanks across European breeding landscapes found spring arrival about two days later…
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Reed Warblers Long Separated From Cuckoos Showed Weaker Host Defences
Field experiments in Finland and Sicily found weak anti-cuckoo defences in common reed warblers living outside regular cuckoo…
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Higher PFOS Was Linked to Lower Egg Temperatures in Finnish Common Eiders
Researchers studied 18 female common goldeneyes and 37 female common eiders in Finland. Higher PFOS was linked to…
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Pine Mires Stood Out as Early-Spring Habitat for Willow Tits in Managed Finnish Forests
Passive acoustic monitoring at 285 forest sites in southwestern Finland found willow tits consistently associated with pine mires…
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Willow Tit’s Three Major Genomic Lineages Closely Matched Its Main Song Types
Whole-genome data from 88 willow tits representing all 14 subspecies revealed three major Palearctic genomic lineages whose broad…
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Under High Predation Risk, Large-Headed Eider Females Bred Later Than Small-Headed Females
A 2026 Finnish study of 1,461 eider breeding attempts found that high predation risk widened differences in laying…
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Hunting Dogs Increased Recorded Moose Unevenly Across Classes in Finland
Analysis of about half a million Finnish hunter observations found that dog use altered detection unevenly among moose…
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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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Cuckoos Use Two Different Strategies to Lay Eggs in Redstart Nests
Video from Finnish redstart nest boxes provides the first direct evidence that common cuckoos use two egg-laying strategies,…
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Urban Great Tits Bred Earlier but Some Adjusted Less to Spring Temperature
Five European long-term studies found earlier breeding in four urban great tit populations, while two showed a weaker…
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Young White Wagtails Show Stronger Escape Responses in Finnish Cities
Across 137 observations in Helsinki and Lahti, juvenile white wagtails fled sooner and farther than adults, while surroundings…
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Ten of 17 Western Marsh Harriers Recovered in West Africa Had Been Ringed in Finland or Poland
Among 17 documented western marsh harrier recoveries in Ghana, Togo and Benin, six birds had been ringed in…
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Predators, weather and young forest were linked to Finland’s moose calf decline
A national analysis found different combinations of pressures in southern and northern Finland rather than one cause shared…
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Lichen Decline Was Weaker on Winter Reindeer Pastures in Northern Finland
Vegetation surveys at 617 sites in northern Finland found smaller losses of lichen cover on winter reindeer ranges…
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Whooper Swan Grazing Cut Wetland Plant Biomass Nearly in Half in Finnish Experiment
A field experiment in ten Finnish wetlands found 84% more aboveground plant biomass and 86% greater vegetation cover…
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