Area of Focus: Habitat Ecology

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

Oral histories help shed light on the decline of urban insects

Sargassum blooms keep the endangered species from reaching the safety of the ocean

Research reveals that the way that big cats save scavenge remains for leftovers contributes to conflict with ranchers