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Showing posts with label Conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conservation. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2022

Platypus Populations Impacted by Large River Dams Are More Vulnerable to Threats

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Photo Credit: David Clode The platypus is possibly the most irreplaceable mammal existing today. They have a unique combination of character...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

How much microplastic do whales eat? Up to 10 million pieces per day

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Humpback whales lunge feed in Monterey Bay. New research shows whales are ingesting plastic in larger quantities than previously thought, an...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Wildfires drive L.A.’s mountain lions to take deadly risks

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  A National Park Service researcher displays the scorched paws of the adult male mountain lion known as P-64. While an NPS tracking collar ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Reliably estimating proportion of vaccinated populations in wildlife

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Japanese Wild Boar Credit: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons Researchers develop a ground-breaking model to estimate bait vaccination e...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Virologists close gap on unknown viruses affecting amphibians and reptiles

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It took three years to identify the virus that all but wiped out the Bellinger River turtle in 2015. It is hoped that amassing new viral dat...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Endangered fruit-eating animals play an outsized role in a tropical forest

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A view of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state. Credit: Adriano Gambarini/The Nature Conservancy A new study by researchers ...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Taking a biochemical snapshot of sea turtle health

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Green Sea Turtle  Photo credit: Randall Ruiz New Griffith research is using biochemical profiles from the blood of sea turtles as a tool to ...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

Gut Microbiomes Help Bears with Very Different Diets Reach the Same Size

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Photo credit: National Park Service. A recent study of the gut microbiome of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) shows that the microbial lif...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

No evidence that dehorning black rhinos negatively impacts the species’ reproduction or survival

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A sedated black rhino in the process of being dehorned, with a cap over its eye to protect it from the dust Credit: Piet Beytell, Namibian M...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Endangered Mouse Study Shares No-Contact Sampling Method

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A salt marsh harvest mouse walks across the bulrush at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in San Francisco.  Credit: Cody Aylward/UC Davis From sp...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

More than 1.1 million sea turtles poached over last three decades

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A new ASU study shows during a 30-year period, 95% of poached sea turtles came from two species — green and hawksbill turtles — both of whic...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Endangered Amargosa Voles Begin to Repopulate Desert Habitat

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This landscape shows the Amargosa Valley at sunset. Amargosa voles are endemic to unique Mojave Desert marshes fed by natural springs and th...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica should include young emperor penguins, scientists say

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A group of Juvenile emperor penguins at Atka Bay on the sea ice edge ready for their first swim. In four years, they will return to breed, s...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Which animals can best withstand climate change?

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Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Credit: David Heiling on Unsplash Extreme weather such as prolonged drought and heavy rainfall is becomi...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

How elephants adapt to human development in cities versus farm life

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Resized Image using AI by SFLORG Source: Radboud University Nijmegen The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impact...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Parasites may take a heavier toll on mammal populations than previously thought

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Tapeworm infection is caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with tapeworm eggs or larvae.  Credit: University of Alberta A new stud...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Student helps find world’s largest frog in Equatorial Guinea for first time in almost two decades

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Left: Student Sam Hurley (left) with local guide Edu. Right: A goliath frog found in Monte Alén National Park, Equatorial Guinea Source: Uni...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

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A southern resident killer whale. Credit: NOAA, Ocean Wise The endangered southern resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough to ...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Scientists fail to locate once-common CA bumble bees

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The Western bumble bee, a once-common bee in California, was not found in the recent UCR-led survey. resized using AI by SFLORG Credit: Rich...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Right Whales’ Survival Rates Plummet After Severe Injury from Fishing Gear

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Source: Duke University Most North Atlantic right whales that are severely injured in fishing gear entanglements die within three years, a n...