Area of Focus: Mammals

May 8, 2025

New Mexico puts aside wildlife crossing funding

The $50 million is the largest amount of money a state has set aside for wildlife crossings in the U.S.

May 7, 2025

JWM: Deer feeders help spread CWD

Researchers analyzed deer contact at different feeding hubs to find which presented the largest risks

May 7, 2025

When sea stars decline, otter numbers climb

Sea star declines led to a massive buffet of mussels for sea otters

May 2, 2025

USGS cuts would jeopardize leading wildlife research

The loss of personnel and entire research arms would affect our ability to monitor wildlife populations

May 1, 2025

Argentina collars jaguars in newly opened national park

Wildlife managers are introducing cats and tracking them in El Impenetrable National Park

April 30, 2025

JWM: Are elephants an obstacle for rhino reintroduction?

In Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou National Park, elephants and reintroduced black rhinos eat the same plants in the same places

April 29, 2025

Elephant seals won’t recover from bird flu for 100 years

A colony of southern elephant seals lost nearly all its newborn pups in 2023 to the virus

April 28, 2025

Wild Cam: How feasible is beaver eradication in Argentina?

Invasive species introduced to Tierra del Fuego for the fur trade has devastated the native ecosystem

April 22, 2025

Monitoring boat speed can help save whales

Small vessels sometimes strike whales, but the boats sometimes go undetected for speed enforcement

April 21, 2025

New Alabama bill may contribute to spread of CWD

Alabama bill restricts state’s ability to manage deadly prion disease in farmed deer