Maps Show Where Wild Boar Could Thrive and Spread on Jeju Island
Researchers mapped potentially suitable wild-boar habitat across roughly 36% of Jeju Island and identified eight possible corridors linking…
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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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More Woodpeckers in Large, Connected Forests
In the Seoul Metropolitan Area, researchers found more Great Spotted and Japanese Pygmy Woodpeckers in large forest patches…
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Genetic Data From 1,813 South Korean Wild Boar Suggested Reduced Gene Flow Across the Geum River
A nationwide study found high genetic diversity and mostly distance-related structure, but Chungcheong and Jeolla were more differentiated…
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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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Merchant Acceptance Was Highest in Daegu Markets With Barn Swallow Nests
Barn swallows nested in 10 of 48 traditional markets surveyed in Daegu. Broad environmental variables did not distinguish…
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Bile-Duct Trematodes Found in the Lungs and Body Cavity of a Great Egret
A case report from South Korea found the bile-duct trematode Pegosomum bubulcum on the liver surface, in the…
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Great Egret and Grey Heron Dominated Many Inland Heron Colonies in South Korea
Across 176 South Korean breeding colonies, two colony groups had more than 90% of nests from large-bodied herons…
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Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Built a Mud Nest on a Pre-existing Wasp Nest in South Korea
Citizen scientists in Miryang documented Eastern Red-rumped Swallows using an inactive wasp nest as a supporting structure for…
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Eleven of 12 Tagged Whooper Swans Shared an Early Spring Migration Axis Before Routes Diverged
GNSS tracking of 12 whooper swans from South Korea’s Nakdong Estuary found that 11 initially used the same…
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Six Marker-defined ASFV Clusters Followed Different Routes Through South Korean Wild Boar
Among 4,209 ASFV-positive wild-boar cases from 2019–2024, all typeable viruses belonged to genotype II, but four finer molecular…
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Wintering Eastern Rooks in Korea Shared Broadly Overlapping Breeding Origins
Stable isotopes and mitochondrial DNA indicated that eastern rooks wintering at four South Korean sites came from broadly…
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Common Cuckoos Were Filmed Destroying Parrotbill Clutches During Egg-Laying
Five video-documented cases showed common cuckoos swallowing, breaking or carrying away eggs from vinous-throated parrotbill nests during the…
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Kidney Worms Were Found in 38% of Wild Boar Examined in Southwestern South Korea
A South Korean survey found the kidney worm Stephanurus dentatus in 64 of 167 wild boar, with an…
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Daytime-resting Wild Boar Used Denser Understory and Sites Farther From Elevated Walkways in Seoul
Thermal-drone observations and laser-based LiDAR mapping in a forest on Seoul’s urban edge showed that daytime-resting wild boar…
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Adding Wild Boar Behaviour Produced Secondary ASF Waves in a Landscape Transmission Model
A landscape model that tracked where wild boar and infections occurred produced secondary African swine fever waves and…
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Plastic in Nests Killed and Injured Eurasian Tree Sparrows
A South Korean field study found artificial material in every Eurasian tree sparrow nest examined, alongside seven dead…
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Kentish Plover Chicks Changed Their Calls When Parents Were Absent
Recordings from South Korea showed that Kentish Plover chicks changed how they vocalised with parental presence: two call…
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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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First Survey Found More Than 20 Variants in the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Prion Gene
Sequencing of 44 South Korean Eurasian tree sparrows revealed more than 20 PRNP variants, providing the first genetic…
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