Research news on capturing (animals)

Capturing animals encompasses methodological approaches used to physically restrain or confine individual organisms or groups for study, monitoring, or management. Techniques include passive methods such as live traps, mist nets, pitfall traps, and funnel traps, and active methods such as hand capture, noosing, or net-gunning, each selected based on target species’ behavior, size, and habitat. Method design emphasizes minimizing stress, injury, and mortality, adhering to ethical and legal standards, and often incorporates species-specific baiting, timing, and placement strategies. Capture methods are integral to mark–recapture studies, population estimation, health assessments, telemetry deployment, and translocation or removal programs.

In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears

As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano, Japan, where rising attacks nationwide have brought fear and resulted in the culling of thousands of the animals.

Ecology

Sep 1, 2026

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Mapping the 'hidden highways' of Mexico's illegal wildlife trade

For decades, wildlife traffickers have illegally captured and sold hundreds of thousands of wild parrots native to Mexico. Despite changes to international wildlife laws, the conservation status of these birds has continued ...

Plants & Animals

Aug 24, 2026

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Controlling wild pigs can work if it's a group effort

The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs—and it's considering spending even more in the coming years. The problem has grown for decades, but our research has found that a recently ...

Ecology

Aug 13, 2026

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