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.
Roundworm infection in a wild boar was linked to lesions in several organs
A postmortem examination of a female wild boar in Tamil Nadu, India, found four Ascaris suum roundworms and…
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A macaque antibody neutralised diverse H5 flu viruses by blocking membrane fusion
An antibody isolated from immunised rhesus macaques neutralised H5 influenza viruses collected from 1997 to 2024, including recent…
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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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How one rhesus macaque’s brain represented coordinated finger movements
Recordings from three connected brain areas showed that coordinated finger movements were not represented as a simple sum…
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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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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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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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Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal a Close Relationship Between Two Hawk-Eagles
New near-complete mitochondrial genomes from the South Philippine Hawk-eagle and Changeable Hawk-Eagle reveal a shared DNA feature and…
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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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Two arrested after suspected waterbuck poaching
After a farmer found the remains of a waterbuck near Groot Marico, police investigated and arrested two suspects.…
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The Himalayan griffon’s pelvis, fused spine and tail
A study of three Himalayan griffon skeletons describes how the pelvis connects to a fused section of the…
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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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Elephants Have Unusual Enzyme Genes for Processing Foreign Compounds
A comparison of African and Asian elephants found duplicated UGT2B enzyme variants and differences in SULT genes. Tissue…
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Carrion Crows Decide Which Way Dots Move in About 235 Milliseconds
In a visual task, two carrion crows chose whether moving dots were travelling mostly left or right in…
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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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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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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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