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Ecology Feb 4, 2025

A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country's only unique wolf species. Today, it's motorists.

Plants & Animals Jan 28, 2025

Large African carnivores research explores effects of prey depletion on populations

Two recently published studies by a Montana State University ecologist reveal new findings about the relationship between population dynamics of two species of large African carnivores and the availability of their prey.

Plants & Animals Jan 20, 2025

A wave of cat deaths from bird flu prompts new rules on pet food production

As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation's food supply for H5N1 bird flu, a rash of dead cats has many officials on edge.

Ecology Dec 19, 2024

People already live alongside predators in India and Kenya. Here's how it could work in Scotland

On my way to the Scottish Highlands for the first time, I was mesmerized by the beauty of the landscapes and struck by its resemblance to the North American wilderness, albeit without the wildlife.

Plants & Animals Dec 12, 2024

Counting Uganda's lions: We found that wildlife rangers do a better job than machines

Lions are a symbol of Africa's last wild places. It's a species central to many of the continent's cultures and religions. But lion populations have reportedly declined over the past 50 years, especially in parts of west ...

Ecology Dec 11, 2024

Global trade in wild animals is soaring—South Africa's laws aren't doing enough to prevent harm

The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country's Global Biodiversity Index does not ...

Paleontology & Fossils Dec 11, 2024

Thylacoleo the fossil lion makes a roaring comeback

A new model of Thylacoleo, Australia's once-fearsome carnivorous marsupial lion, will be on show at the Victoria Cave visitor complex at the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves.

Plants & Animals Dec 10, 2024

Bighorn sheep face death by avalanche in Sierra Nevada range

Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That's bad news for bighorn sheep that live there, according ...

Plants & Animals Dec 3, 2024

Survey reveals grim state of Uganda's lions, leopards and hyenas

Lion numbers in Uganda are at a critical low while hyenas are faring well across four major protected areas in the country, according to survey findings co-led by Griffith University, Southern University of Science and Technology ...

Archaeology Nov 27, 2024

Early North Americans made needles from bones of fur-bearing animals, archaeologists find

A Wyoming archaeological site where people killed or scavenged a Columbian mammoth nearly 13,000 years ago has produced yet another discovery that sheds light on the life of these early inhabitants of North America.

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