Two leopard skins seized in suspected wildlife-trafficking raid in Kalahandi
A raid in Saisurani Range, India, led to the reported seizure of two leopard skins, other wildlife remains…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Rock Dove feathers revealed differences in industrial metal pollution in Kazakhstan
A pilot study compared metal indicators in Rock Dove feathers from three Kazakh sites. The total Metal Pollution…
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Shooting accounted for nearly all fallow deer deaths with a known cause in New South Wales
GPS-collar data from adult fallow deer in New South Wales showed lower estimated annual survival for males than…
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Common Eider feathers were a poor guide to liver contaminant levels
In 22 wintering Common Eiders from Germany’s Baltic coast, feather and liver concentrations differed for 13 of 14…
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Rodents Were the Most Frequent Food Remains in Red Fox Scats from Kashmir
An autumn survey of 33 red fox scats from Limber Wildlife Sanctuary found rodent traces more often than…
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Great Tit Measurements Followed Different Patterns with Warmth and Over Four Decades
Measurements of Great Tit eggs, nestlings and adults in eastern Spain show that relationships with warmer conditions did…
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Wild jungle cats may have been captured for mummification in ancient Egypt
Skulls from cat mummies excavated near Beni Hassan suggest that some jungle cats came from the wild and…
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Cooper’s Hawks Laid Larger Clutches, but Six-Egg Clutches Lost a Greater Share
Across 737 Wisconsin nests monitored during a 44-year study, the estimated share of offspring lost before the later…
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Coyotes and dogs may share a hookworm that can infect people
In Costa Rica, hookworm variants found in coyotes and dogs did not group by host or sampling area.…
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Coyote tapeworm infection is linked to farmland and managed green space near Chicago
In a study of 85 coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area, 27.1% tested positive for Echinococcus multilocularis. Infection…
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Kinship, drought and matriarchs shape elephant family ties
More than 50 years of records from Amboseli, Kenya, show how elephant family cohesion shifts as families grow,…
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Muskox DNA Predates Human Settlement at One Northeast Greenland Lake
Lake sediments at Midsommersoe contain muskox DNA from about 7,400 years ago—roughly 3,000 years before people arrived in…
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Social ties may shape how genes affect spotted hyena reproductive success
A study of wild spotted hyenas in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater found that estimates of inherited differences in lifetime…
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Size and Weight Help Wild Carrion Crows Choose Walnuts
In field tests in Japan, wild Carrion Crows favored larger walnuts. When similar-sized nuts hid different contents, the…
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Coyotes and Raccoons Solved an Urban Food Puzzle in Different Ways
In California’s East Bay, raccoons and coyotes had the highest observed success on a baited food puzzle, but…
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Wintering waterbirds increased in Italy’s Caorle Lagoon, but the community changed
Across 29 winter counts from 1993 to 2022, waterbird numbers more than doubled in the Caorle Lagoon. Ducks,…
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Ducks sharing South Korean wintering grounds migrated in different ways
GPS tracking of six dabbling-duck species found contrasting spring journeys: Northern Pintails and Baikal Teals travelled farthest, while…
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Cattle egret DNA was detected in 18 of 23 mosquito blood meals in Mexico
In Aguascalientes, Mexico, researchers detected cattle egret DNA in 18 of 23 mosquito blood meals with identifiable hosts.…
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Bird serum failed to kill the tested Borrelia garinii strains
In laboratory tests, all tested Borrelia garinii strains resisted complement-mediated killing by bird sera, whether they came from…
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Elephants and buffalo showed the clearest signs of range expansion after translocation in Malawi
A six-year camera-trap study in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve found the clearest signs of establishment and expansion in African…
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