Area of Focus: Small Mammals

The Beaver Balancing Act: Are these ecosystem engineers saviors or pests?

Prairie dogs are a reliable food source, but plague is making them less consistent

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A study on the Hoopa Valley Reservation has revealed some of the mammal’s secrets

Once considered endangered, it is now listed as vulnerable

Biologists are embarking on a study to see what role rodenticides may play

Where sea otters were absent, kelp forests declined

By preying on far-traveling beavers, wolves can reshape forests near beaver ponds

Biologists say the numbers show the need to continue conservation measures

Bobcats may act leery when coyotes have recently visited a gut pile