Animations of wildlife tracking data help explore animal movements
Researchers have developed new software for exploring and communicating animal movements in the wild.
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Page 13: Research news on wildlife
Wildlife, within scientific and conservation topics, refers collectively to non-domesticated organisms—primarily vertebrates and higher invertebrates—occurring in natural or semi-natural ecosystems and studied as components of biodiversity, ecological interactions, and population dynamics. Research on wildlife focuses on habitat use, trophic relationships, demography, movement ecology, disease ecology, and responses to anthropogenic pressures such as habitat fragmentation, climate change, exploitation, and invasive species. The topic integrates methods from field ecology, remote sensing, population genetics, and quantitative modeling to inform management, conservation planning, and policy frameworks aimed at maintaining viable populations and ecosystem functionality across spatial and temporal scales.
Even where laws are in place to protect them, wolves fully fear the human 'super predator'
Fear of the fabled "big bad wolf" has dominated the public perception of wolves for millennia and strongly influences current debates concerning human-wildlife conflict. Humans both fear wolves and, perhaps more importantly, ...
Plants & Animals
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From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: Eight ways to turn your home into a wildlife refuge
Native animals can make excellent neighbors. Blue-banded bees pollinate our vegetable gardens. Microbats eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes a night and powerful owls keep rodents at bay. But could we go one step further, and change ...
Ecology
Oct 1, 2025
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How to save a sacred forest: Resident views on forest degradation and protection in Togo, West Africa
Historically protected by cultural traditions, sacred forests are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures, particularly in West Africa, where natural areas and wildlife populations have dwindled as human populations ...
How can we keep livestock safe as wolves return?
Wolves had long been extinct in parts of Central Europe. Thanks to strict regulations to protect species, in recent decades they have become more widespread again. This brings new challenges: in many areas, protecting farm ...
Ecology
Sep 29, 2025
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How to identify animal tracks, burrows and other signs of wildlife in your neighborhood
Your neighborhood is home to all sorts of amazing animals, from raccoons, squirrels and skunks to birds, bugs and snails. Even if you don't see them, most of these creatures are leaving evidence of their activities all around ...
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Sep 29, 2025
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Animals on ice: How conservationists use freezers to 'biobank' wildlife
What's lurking in your freezer: a lasagna or deep-frozen pizza? Conservationists rely on freezers too—but they run much cooler than your model, with the thermostat set to a frosty -196°C, the temperature of liquid nitrogen. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2025
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The hunted, not the hunters: AI reveals early humans were prey for leopards
A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the predator–prey relationship. ...
Canada wildlife decline 'most severe' in decades: WWF
Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10% over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Monday.
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Rapid wildlife tracking offers early warning system for pandemic protection
When the next pandemic threat looms, help may come from an unexpected source: wild animals. In a new study led by Prof. Ran Nathan from the Movement Ecology Lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researchers propose a ...
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