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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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
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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An ancient viral gene may have been repurposed in elephant placenta
An ancient viral gene that appears to have been inherited for at least 79 million years is strongly…
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A tapeworm’s life cycle links Arctic sea ducks and barnacles
DNA evidence connects larval Fimbriarioides intermedia in barnacles with adult worms in eiders. Samples from four northern seas…
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Three genetic lineages, but no clear family tree for long-tailed tits
A study of long-tailed tits across the Palaearctic found three main genetic groups, including one that brings birds…
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Los Angeles’s Urban Cores Absorb and Pass On Coyote Gene Variants
Genetic data from Greater Los Angeles show gene flow across four major highways. Although variants flowed strongly from…
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How far young blue tits move from home may be partly inherited—but nest boxes complicate the picture
Across four blue tit populations, estimated heritability of natal dispersal distance was modest and uncertain. Nest-box layout could…
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Immigration Could Both Change and Stabilise Great Tits’ Clutch Sizes
On the Dutch island of Vlieland, incoming great tits could both counter a trend towards fewer eggs and…
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Chromosomes Reveal the Shared History of Humans and Rhesus Macaques
Researchers used fluorescent DNA labels to compare human and rhesus macaque chromosomes. The resulting map shows extensive similarities…
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New nematode species described from black-crowned night herons in Israel
Fourteen adult nematodes collected from the stomach lining of three black-crowned night herons in Israel led to the…
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Seven Wild White-faced × Fulvous Whistling-Duck Hybrids Documented in Brazil and Argentina
A 2026 short communication assembled seven wild apparent White-faced × Fulvous Whistling-Duck hybrid records from Brazil and Argentina.…
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Shama Lineages Stayed Distinct While Oriental Magpie-Robins Mixed Genetically Across Borneo
Genomic analyses found extensive introgression and weak population structure in Bornean Oriental magpie-robins, while western and eastern shama…
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Nuclear DNA Supports One Unified Great-tailed Grackle Lineage
A genome-scale study resolves a long-standing conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear evidence and finds no signal of admixture…
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New Respiratory Mycoplasma Species Described From Common Buzzards
Ten previously unclassified Mycoplasma strains, eight from common buzzards, were shown by genomic and phenotypic analyses to represent…
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Rock Doves on Cyprus Were at Least Semi-domesticated by Around 1400 BCE, Study Suggests
Late Bronze Age rock-dove bones from Hala Sultan Tekke included juveniles and a largely uniform stable-isotope signal linked…
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Rare tick Haemaphysalis sambar rediscovered on a Bengal tiger in Kerala
A 2026 survey in northern Kerala rediscovered and redescribed the tick Haemaphysalis sambar, previously known from only a…
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Urban-Origin Great Tits Retained Smaller Black Ties in a Shared Rearing Environment
Great tits from urban populations retained smaller black breast stripes and less saturated yellow plumage when raised under…
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Asian Stonechats Showed Extensive Hybridization Across a Migratory Divide Around Lake Baikal
Tracking and genome data revealed a migratory divide among Asian stonechats around Lake Baikal and Mongolia, while extensive…
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Hybrid-type Collared Doves Dominated Puerto Rico and Were Common in the Canary Islands
Photo-based classification found hybrid-type Eurasian–African collared doves in about 90% of sampled birds in Puerto Rico and 43.8%…
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Taxonomic Paper Returned roperi and martensi to Subspecies of the Flap-Necked Chameleon
A 2026 taxonomic reassessment argued that Chamaeleo incognitus was not validly established and formally returned roperi and martensi…
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