Black rhinos preferred familiar associates — and some social ties were linked to higher mortality risk
Analysis of 69,920 sightings from 14 reserves in South Africa and Malawi found persistent familiarity-based associations in black…
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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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Social Connectedness Was Linked to Survival After a Vervet Troop Was Released in Malawi
Nine months after a rehabilitated vervet troop was released into Kasungu National Park, estimated survival was 45% when…
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Southern Giraffe Accounted for 208 of 446 Single-Species Field Studies in an 80-Year Review
A review of 817 publications found that southern giraffes dominated field research, but demographic, geographic and other knowledge…
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A Subadult Common Swift Was Tracked in Non-stop Flight for 19 Months
A multi-sensor logger followed one subadult common swift through 19 months of non-stop flight, revealing migration and non-breeding…
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