Living With Carnivores Is About More Than Livestock Losses
Near Iran’s Golestan National Park, researchers explored what was associated with people’s willingness to accept leopards, wolves and…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Roe Deer Diet Markers Shifted With Season and Sex in Northern Iran
Faecal samples from roe deer in northern Iran contained less fat and starch but more digestibility-limiting fibre in…
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Nest Site and Breeding Timing Did Not Predict Brood Sex Ratio in Iranian Black-crowned Night Herons
Molecular sexing of 54 black-crowned night heron nestlings from 18 nests in northern Iran found no clear relationship…
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Young Shikras Can Be Separated From Levant Sparrowhawks by Iris, Undertail and Wing Structure
An analysis of images of 75 first-calendar-year shikras and 93 levant sparrowhawks found useful differences in iris colour,…
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European Roe Deer Faecal Hormone Metabolites Varied With Season and Local Environment
Fifty fresh faecal samples from roe deer in northern Iran showed seasonal patterns in cortisol, testosterone and progesterone…
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Only 1.5% of Modelled High Collision-risk Area for Jungle Cats in Northern Iran Overlapped Protected Areas
A MaxEnt model built from 30 confirmed jungle-cat road mortalities classified 13,878 km² of northern Iran as high…
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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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Mating and Calving Shifted Earlier in Wild Caspian Red Deer
Long-term records from southern Caspian populations showed earlier mating and calving in wild Caspian red deer, while semi-captive…
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Red Foxes Carry Rüppell’s Fox Mitochondrial Lineages From at Least Two Introgression Events
A 2026 mitogenomic study found two deeply divergent Rüppell’s fox mitochondrial lineages among red foxes, consistent with at…
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