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Ecology Feb 1, 2024

An algae bloom devastated sea mammals last year: LA wants to improve its rescue efforts

A nightmarish scene unfolded in the summer of 2023 across Los Angeles County beaches as hundreds of sick marine mammals washed ashore and became stranded in the sand. Beachgoers witnessed animals seizing, foaming at the mouth ...

Plants & Animals Jan 31, 2024

Climate change threatens older elephants most, jeopardizing their future

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs the world's largest field conservation program, has conducted first-of-its-kind research ...

Plants & Animals Jan 25, 2024

Tiny ant species disrupts lion's hunting behavior

In a study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists report that a tiny and seemingly innocuous invasive ant species is changing tree cover in an East African wildlife area, making it harder for lions, the world's ...

Plants & Animals Jan 24, 2024

Beloved mountain lion dies crossing same California highway where her one of her cubs was killed

Wildlife and nature enthusiasts are grieving a famous mountain lion after it was hit by a car and killed while crossing a highway in Southern California.

Environment Jan 18, 2024

Mozambique's cyclone flooding was devastating to animals—we studied how body size affected survival

Anyone who watches the news will have seen the devastation that tropical cyclones can cause when they reach land, with very strong winds, high rainfall and flooding. A cyclone like this, Idai, moved over Gorongosa National ...

Plants & Animals Jan 18, 2024

Commentary: Can the Sierra Nevada bighorn dodge extinction? It may mean reining in another wild animal

The high peaks of the southern and central Sierra Nevada are home to a unique and endangered animal, the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. John Muir called them "the bravest of all the Sierra mountaineers," and indeed they have ...

Environment Jan 15, 2024

Waste-eating worms could help reduce damaging greenhouse emissions from dumping food waste into landfill

Fertile Earth Worm Farm is the largest commercial composting operation in South Florida, diverting tons of food scraps from landfills and transforming it into dark, crumbly garden soil.

Plants & Animals Jan 8, 2024

California mountain lion population is thousands fewer than previously estimated

Scientists have completed the first comprehensive estimate of mountain lions in California, a vital statistic needed to shape puma-friendly land-use decisions and ensure that the predators can find room to roam, mate and ...

Plants & Animals Dec 13, 2023

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs rescued in San Diego

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs were recently rescued by the University of California, Davis' Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. ...

Plants & Animals Dec 5, 2023

'Friendly' hyenas are more likely to form mobs, research shows

After more than 35 years of surveillance, Michigan State University researchers are exposing some of the secret workings of mobs. To be clear, these mobs are made up of spotted hyenas.

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