Some Greylag Geese Migrate One Year and Stay the Next
GPS tracking at Lake Neusiedl showed that most of the geese migrated, with winter destinations ranging from Germany…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Veterinary Insecticides Were Found in Great Tit Nests in Both Urban and Protected Forest Habitats
Researchers analysed fur-containing material from 63 Great Tit nests in Hungary. Urban nests contained more insecticides and higher…
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Black-headed Gull Sample Yielded the Longest Known Calicivirus Genome
A Hungarian black-headed gull faecal sample yielded an 8,845-nucleotide avian calicivirus genome with unusual RNA structures and enough…
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Autumn Movement Timing Stayed Stable as Wings Became Rounder in Great and Eurasian Blue Tits
Hungarian ringing data from 2004–2024 found stable autumn movement timing in great and Eurasian blue tits, while body…
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Coiled Grass Snake Models Had Higher Estimated Daily Survival on a Gravel Road
In a Hungarian experiment with 240 plasticine grass snake models, coiled postures had higher estimated daily survival on…
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ESBL-Producing Bacteria Found in 61% of Sampled Urban Hooded Crows in Hungary
A Hungarian study found ESBL-producing bacteria in 61% of 212 urban hooded crows but only 7.7% of 52…
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Classic and Recombinant Myxoma Viruses Were Found Together in Pooled Tissue From Two Hares in West Hungary
Whole-genome sequencing of pooled material from two European hares in western Hungary detected both classic MYXV and the…
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Parasite DNA Was Found in 7% of Eurasian Magpie Brain Samples in Hungary
Brain samples from 273 Eurasian magpies at two sites near urban areas in Hungary contained parasite DNA in…
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Some Great Cormorants Repeatedly Used Fishponds, Others Rivers or Lakes Across Seasons
Some Great Cormorants at Lake Balaton repeatedly foraged at fishponds, while others used rivers or lakes. These individual…
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Common Voles and European Wood Mice Contacted Fox and Jackal Scat Most Often in Autumn and Winter
Camera traps in Hungary recorded six rodent taxa around red fox and golden jackal scat, with common voles…
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Wild Boar in Northern Hungary Had Fewer Alleles After Years of ASF-Related Population Decline
A comparison of 132 wild boar from Nógrád County found that mean allele number fell from 4.15 to…
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Hungary’s First ha-MYXV Outbreak Was Confirmed in 33 of 37 Targeted Hare Samples
During Hungary’s first confirmed outbreak of hare-adapted recombinant myxoma virus, 33 of 37 targeted European hare samples from…
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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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Cloacal Microbiome Composition Differed Between Wood Sandpipers and Common Snipes at a Hungarian Stopover Site
At a Hungarian migration stopover, 16S sequencing of 54 Wood Sandpipers and Common Snipes found similar within-sample bacterial…
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Forest Disturbance Increased Modelled Habitat Suitability for Four European Herbivores
Tracking data from 3,069 animals showed that forest disturbance generally increased modelled relative habitat suitability for moose, red…
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First Published Uterine Leiomyoma Reported in a Free-Ranging European Fallow Deer
A free-ranging fallow deer in Hungary had a benign uterine smooth-muscle tumour, retained fetal cranial bones and a…
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Forty-two of 379 Common Kestrel Breeding Attempts Were Second Broods in a Vole-rich Hungarian Year
Long-term monitoring in Hungary documented 42 second broods among 379 Common Kestrel breeding attempts in 2023; 16.6% of…
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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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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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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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