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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Red Squirrels Stayed at Urban and Rural Sites at Similar Rates on Hokkaido
Across nine sites on Hokkaido, red squirrels had nearly identical four-month probabilities of remaining in urban and rural…
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GPS-Based Models Highlighted the Lower Sumida as a Key Black-headed Gull Corridor in Tokyo
GPS tracking showed that black-headed gulls followed different river features at different movement scales in Tokyo, while GPS-based…
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Fresh Black Woodpecker Evidence Found at Mount Moriyoshi, but No Detections in Iwate or Shirakami
A 2026 survey found fresh black-woodpecker evidence at Mount Moriyoshi in Akita, while 169 hours of acoustic monitoring…
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Little Egret Begged for Fish and Stole Catches From Anglers in Yokohama
One individually recognisable Little Egret in Yokohama repeatedly begged fish from anglers and stole catches from containers. In…
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Japanese and Ryukyu Wild Boar Formed Separate Genomic Clades
Whole-genome analyses placed Japanese and Ryukyu wild boar in separate clades within one Japanese-archipelago lineage. A gene-flow signal…
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Short-eared Owls Wintering in Taiwan Used Two Distinct Spring Migration Routes
Seventeen GPS-tagged Short-eared Owls departed Taiwan in spring: 11 used a continental route through eastern China and six…
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Molecular Typing Identified Four Leptospira Serogroups in Wild Boar and Sika Deer in Yamaguchi
Pathogenic Leptospira DNA was detected in kidney samples from 23 of 190 wild boar and 22 of 275…
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Adult Male Wild Boar Mounted a Dead Female and Revisited the Carcass 12 Times
Camera traps in Nikko, Japan, identified the same adult male wild boar on 12 carcass visits from 6–18…
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Carrion and Large-billed Crows Used Different Foods Until Winter Snow Narrowed Their Options
GPS tracking and year-round field observations in northern Japan found that non-breeding carrion crows mainly used farmland, large-billed…
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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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G17 and G6 Dominated Enterovirus G in Both Japanese Wild Boar and Pigs
Analysis of 300 wild boar and 363 domestic pigs in Japan found that enterovirus G genotypes G17 and…
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Analysis of Wild Boar Faeces Identified 538 Previously Unknown Microbial Species
Metagenomic analysis of wild-boar faeces from four countries revealed 538 microbial species not represented by matching reference genomes.…
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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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Dunlins Wintering in Japan Had 0.53 Estimated Apparent Annual Survival, Versus 0.78 in the Yellow Sea
An integrated study of arcticola dunlins linked strong differences in survival and 2010–2014 population trends to wintering region,…
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12 of 17 Male Eurasian Wrens Kept Winter Territories Into the Breeding Season
A Japanese study found that all 17 wrens defending winter territories were males, and 12 of them retained…
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Heart Rate and Sympathetic Activity Fell When a Human Came Within 10 m of Large-billed Crows
Electrocardiograms from captive large-billed crows showed a sharp fall in heart rate and estimated sympathetic activity when an…
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Teuri Island Common Murre Breeding Success More Than Doubled After Avian Predator Control
On Teuri Island, common murre fledglings per egg averaged 74% after avian predator control began, versus 33% before…
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Japanese Rock Ptarmigan Has a Distinct Mitochondrial Lineage That Diverged About 80,000–120,000 Years Ago
Complete mitochondrial genomes from 18 preserved specimens—16 from Japan and two comparative birds from outside Japan—combined with control-region…
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