The incredible return of Griffon Vulture to Bulgaria’s Eastern Balkan Mountains
Credit: Green Balkans, www.greenbalkans.org Fifty years after presumably becoming extinct as a breeding species in Bulgaria, the Griffon Vulture, one ...
Tag: Population Biology
High genomic diversity is good news for California condor
First complete genome reveals high genetic diversity despite recent brush with extinctionCredit: Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...
Largest-ever study of artificial insemination in sharks–and the occasional ‘virgin birth’
Credit: Photo by Jay Harvey, Aquarium of the Pacific It's a tough time to be a shark. Pollution, industrialized fishing, ...
Research reveals ancient people had more diverse gut microorganisms
Credit: UM photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - Only an anthropologist would treasure millennia-old human feces found in dry caves. ...
COVID-19 is not influenza, but it offers lessons on beating it, say Concordia researchers
The absence of a 2020-21 flu season shows how effective simple public health measures are at limiting virus transmissionCredit: Concordia ...
Xerocrassa montserratensis, an endemic and threatened snail in Catalonia
The genetic structure of the land snail identified in the late 19th century in the Montserrat mountainCredit: Vicenç Bros A ...
Lichens slow to return after wildfire
Frequent fire narrows recovery window for lichens in Chaparral shrublandsCredit: Jesse Miller Lichen communities may take decades -- and in ...
Conservationists concerned about illegal hunting and exploitation of porcupines in Indonesia
Credit: James Eaton Porcupines are frequently traded across Asia, and Indonesia, home to five species, is no exception. They are ...
Friendly pelicans breed better
Credit: Dr Paul Rose Captive pelicans that are free to choose their own friendships are more likely to breed successfully ...
Study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth
Research adds evidence to century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may have driven divergence of the limbless amphibiansCredit: ...
Could wider use of gene reserves protect rare species?
Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help ...
Sharks in protected area attract illegal fishers
Credit: Claire Collins Thousands of sharks have been illegally caught in a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Indian Ocean, ...
The African wild dog: An ambassador for the world’s largest terrestrial conservation area
Credit: (Image: Dominik Behr) Dispersal is an important process governing the persistence of wild animal populations. Upon reaching sexual maturity, ...
PCB contamination in Icelandic orcas: a matter of diet
Accurate forecasting of health risks to killer whale populations may depend on looking at individual variations in their dietCredit: Filipa ...