Wildlife biology is a scientific discipline within the biological sciences that focuses on the study of free-ranging vertebrate and invertebrate species, their populations, and their interactions with biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems. It integrates principles from ecology, evolution, physiology, genetics, and behavior to quantify population dynamics, demographic parameters, habitat selection, and species’ responses to environmental change. Wildlife biologists use field surveys, remote sensing, telemetry, experimental studies, and statistical modeling to assess abundance, distribution, viability, and community structure, often informing evidence-based conservation, management strategies, and policy for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function.
A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig maternal lineages sped ...
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A spotted gray wolf has left his California pack and trotted across Silver State lines, wildlife biologists say.
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The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska's rugged and desolate North ...
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King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India. The Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga)—a vulnerable king cobra species found in India's ...
A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appearance over the summer season. ...
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A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, published in Biology Letters, discusses the advantages of using roadkill instead of live wildlife and ...
Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.
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A 77-pound mountain lion set off a scramble Tuesday as it wandered through San Francisco's wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood before finally being captured as onlookers safely peered from their home windows or stood across ...
Ecology
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Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed—a soft, breathy, snorting sound that signals affection or reassurance. ...
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A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters. ...
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