Area of Focus: Methods

May 6, 2025

Florida reintroducing glowing caterpillars

The frosted elfin fluoresces when exposed to black light

May 5, 2025

Captive-bred axolotls survive in the wild

Axolotls bred in captivity survive in artificial and restored wetlands

May 2, 2025

Where are North American bird populations disappearing?

To find the quickest declines, look where birds are most abundant

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 30, 2025

Using bird data to help bees

Bird observation can help researchers learn about wild bees that use similar habitat features

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 28, 2025

Citizen science is ecologically accurate

Platforms like eBird and iNaturalist showed low evidence of observation bias

April 23, 2025

JWM: How long do frog pancakes last on the road?

Researchers determined how roadkill persistence could affect population estimates

April 22, 2025

Monitoring boat speed can help save whales

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