Area of Focus: Habitat Ecology

Backcountry recreationists may be disturbing ungulates in remote mountain sanctuaries

Environmental DNA study reveals the large salamanders’ stream occupancy is down by more than half

Death marks the first known death of species from avian influenza

Leftover carrion from polar bear kills is a hearty meal for the region’s scavengers

Cemeteries focused on conservation are providing animals with a new resource in urban areas

As an additional prey item for wolves, bears and cougars, equids may artificially boost predator numbers in the area

Common research tactic to stun fish using electric voltage has little effect on survival

Elk have returned to Nebraska but we’re only now discovering how they move through its patchwork of prairie and corn

Decades of historical fire suppression has led to unsuitable habitat and a contracted range

One of the biggest fisheries in the North Atlantic collapsed in the 1990s—and numbers are still down