Area of Focus: Mammals

August 2, 2023

Texas rule targets movement of breeder deer

The action follows CWD detections at breeding facilities

July 27, 2023

To understand jaguars, researchers looked to their poop

Analyzing scat revealed what and where the cryptic cats hunted

July 26, 2023

JWM: Connectivity could aid Pakistan’s struggling wild sheep

Urials have declined from impacts both ancient and modern

July 24, 2023

TWS2022: Howler monkeys avoid power cables—when they can

Researchers track dangers for primates in a Paraguayan city

July 19, 2023

First grizzly bear confirmed in Pryor Mountains

Camera reveals bear scratching itself on a tree in south-central Montana

July 17, 2023

JWM: Saharan gazelles need large tracts of protected land

Prolonged drought may be affecting these desert-dwelling gazelles

July 17, 2023

Ticks might be spreading CWD

A study of deer in Wisconsin reveals how the prion disease may move between hosts

July 14, 2023

Vancouver Island marmots on road to recovery

Canada’s rarest mammal is returning thanks to captive breeding and reintroduction

July 12, 2023

JWM: Large, intense burns may limit habitat for Washington lynx 

Climate change and past fire suppression had led to damaging wildfires

July 12, 2023

Big herbivores preserve plant life in a warming Arctic

Animals like caribou and musk oxen slow the loss of plant diversity caused by disappearing sea ice