High densities of leopards and striped hyenas in Jaipur’s urban reserve
Camera traps in Jaipur’s Jhalana-Amagarh Conservation Reserve yielded estimated densities of 7.0 leopards and 4.1 striped hyenas per…
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Research, conservation and new discoveries
A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Barnacle Goose Breeding Population Fell 98% on Gotland and Öland – Eagle Predation a Likely Factor
Breeding pairs of Barnacle Geese on Gotland and Öland fell from about 5,290 in 2002 to roughly 100…
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Dhole density estimates hinge on what camera traps can see
On India’s Valparai plateau, one method estimated 22 dholes per 100 km². Camera-trap estimates varied with how researchers…
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51 Years of Bullfinch Monitoring Revealed Decline, Male Bias and Age-Matched Pairs
A 51-year study in Treswell Wood, England, recorded a strong Eurasian Bullfinch decline. Among 2,065 ringed birds, males…
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DNA in Droppings Revealed Big Differences in Dhole Density
Researchers used DNA from droppings to monitor dholes in six forest sites in India’s Western Ghats. They estimated…
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Buffalo Gather Around Water and Forest as the Dry Season Arrives
Buffalo herds grew larger and used more forest during the dry season in Ethiopia’s Gambella National Park. Wetlands…
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Cattle Egrets Find New Feeding Opportunities Around Farms and Towns
Cattle egrets exploit insects flushed by livestock and machinery. A review of 173 studies links this flexibility with…
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Spoonbills Are Nesting Again at Therthangal
After a season without breeding, a spoonbill colony in southeastern India returned to 12 active nests in 2025–2026.…
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Record Ptarmigan Numbers and a Good Breeding Year for Alaska’s Gyrfalcons
Surveys on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula recorded the highest ptarmigan numbers in eleven years of monitoring. Gyrfalcons also had…
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Locally Hatched Young Willow Warblers Declined 74% in Gotland Ringing Data
Standardised ringing at Sundre Bird Observatory found 74% fewer locally hatched first-year willow warblers in 2016–2024 than in…
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Golden Jackal Abundance Increased Over 51 Years in Israel, With the Strongest Rises in Central and Northern Regions
A 51-year analysis of golden jackal abundance across Israel found a clear long-term increase, strongest in central and…
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First High-Quality Genomes for Four Asian Hornbills Show Pleistocene Declines in Effective Population Size
High-quality reference genomes for four Asian hornbills revealed expanded keratin- and reproduction-related gene families and species-specific declines in…
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Common Mynas Were Reported From 113 Localities Across Jordan
A 2025 online questionnaire received 201 valid responses across Jordan. Among 101 participants who recognised the species, reports…
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Estimated Red Deer Density Varied From Near Zero to About 99 per km² Across Four Lærdal Areas
Drone surveys in four Lærdal study areas found sharply uneven estimated red deer densities, from almost zero to…
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Western Cattle Egrets Accounted for 99% of Occupied Nests in Ondangwa in 2020 as Other Species Declined
At the long-established Ondangwa heronry in north-central Namibia, estimated western cattle egret nests rose from about 2,500 in…
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Qinghai Surveys Recorded About 1,580 Rhesus Macaques, 43.8% More Than in 1986
Repeated winter surveys in historical rhesus-macaque areas of Qinghai recorded 24 groups with about 1,580 animals in 2021–2022,…
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Modelled Rose-ringed Parakeet Abundance in Surveyed Thessaloniki Grids Rose by 64%
Repeated surveys of 99 one-square-kilometre grids in Thessaloniki estimated that rose-ringed parakeet abundance within the surveyed area increased…
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Thirty-five Indian Vulture Nests Were Found Across Ten Sites in Western Rajasthan
Researchers found 35 Indian vulture nests across ten sites in Barmer and Jaisalmer from 2021 to 2024. Mean…
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Six Highland Green Sandpiper Sites Showed Breeding or Territorial Occupation in 2024
At 20 known green sandpiper breeding sites in the Scottish Highlands, six had evidence of breeding or territory…
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