Area of Focus: Mammals

A variety of conditions affect how species might respond to environmental change due to differences in their ecological niches

As black bears expand their range, GPS collars are helping biologists understand their behavior

The herd has been kept in a protective enclosure

A Yuma bat became the first bat in the state to test positive for the deadly disease

Translocated beavers can improve the riparian ecosystem, even in arid areas of Utah

Efforts are underway to recover this species from the brink of extinction

Northern elephant seals get just two hours of sleep at sea, taking deep dives below predators

Researchers believe an animal infected mink in Poland with an old strain of the virus

Coyotes thrive at Fort Hood, but they don’t fill the role of apex predator

Some bowhead whales are staying in the Chukchi Sea instead of migrating