Helping to protect the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world
Researchers help wildlife crime investigators disrupt poachers and animal traffickers in an effort to bring them to justice.Credit: Credit: University ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
URI researcher: Antioxidant-rich diet reduces stress response during bird migration
Credit: Photo courtesy of Scott McWilliams KINGSTON, R.I. - June 18, 2020 - A research team led by a University ...
Bobwhites listen to each other when picking habitat
Credit: Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Northern bobwhites are attracted to a habitat based on ...
Five steps to stop the death of the most threatened birds of prey
Power lines: a threat to all birds worldwideCredit: Conservation Biology Group (University of Barcelona-IRBio) An article published in the journal ...
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - ...
Red squirrels making comeback as return of pine marten spells bad news for invasive grey squirrel
NUI Galway study finds Ireland's native species recovering and returning to natural habitatsCredit: Poshey Aherne The number of red squirrels ...
Study evaluates stress level of rehabilitated sea turtles during transport
Credit: Connie Merigo/New England Aquarium BOSTON, MASS. (June 16, 2020) - A new study co-authored by six scientists with the ...
Cattle vs. hippopotamus: Dung in rivers of the Savannah
Credit: Gabriel Singer In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, ...
BioRescue’s most successful oocyte collection and embryo creation in southern white rhinos
The international consortium performed the procedure in the German Serengeti Park HodenhagenCredit: Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen In order to prevent the extinction ...
World’s most complete health analysis of nesting sea turtles conducted in Florida
Study provides critical data for sea turtle conservation and population recoveryCredit: Jennifer Reilly While it's only about a 10-kilometer stretch, ...
Shining like a diamond: A new species of diamond frog from northern Madagascar
Credit: Mark D. Scherz Despite the active ongoing taxonomic progress on Madagascar's frogs, the amphibian inventory of this hyper-diverse island ...
Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first
Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...
Study reveals impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer
Credit: Tayler LaSharr When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual ...
Simulations reveal interplay between scent marking and disease spread
Accounting for individual animal movement could boost understanding of emerging infectious diseasesCredit: Martyn Smith, Flickr In a new mathematical model ...
New study finds surface disturbance can limit mule deer migration
Credit: Joe Riis A new study shows that surface disturbance from energy development can hinder mule deer migrations when it ...
Beavers are diverse forest landscapers
Credit: Sonja Kivinen Beavers are ecosystem engineers that cut down trees to build dams, eventually causing floods. Beaver-induced floods make ...
Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work
In a world first, Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers have discovered a plant that has successfully evolved to use ants ...
A rare heart bone is discovered in chimpanzees
Credit: Rutland Experts from the University of Nottingham have discovered that some chimpanzees have a bone in their heart, which ...
Simple way of ‘listening’ to chicks could dramatically improve welfare
Credit: Katherine Herborn, University of Plymouth A simple and low-cost method of 'listening' to chicks may allow welfare issues to ...
Reusing chicken litter shows benefits
Credit: Adelumola Oladeinde Chicken is the most consumed protein in the United States. According to the National Chicken Council, the ...
