Area of Focus: Ungulates

August 21, 2023

Montana lowers deer quotas in response to smaller herds

Drought and hard winters have reduced populations in southeast Montana

August 2, 2023

Texas rule targets movement of breeder deer

The action follows CWD detections at breeding facilities

July 26, 2023

JWM: Connectivity could aid Pakistan’s struggling wild sheep

Urials have declined from impacts both ancient and modern

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 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

July 5, 2023

Rabid moose found in Alaska 

It’s the first documented case of rabies in a moose on the continent

June 27, 2023

JWM: Why has elk recruitment declined in New Mexico?

A recent study examines whether bottom-up effects influenced calf recruitment

June 16, 2023

Tough regulations work best to stem wild pig invasion

Researchers found states with the laxest regulations had the biggest pig problems

June 13, 2023

Colombia’s invasive hippo problem may have doubled

The hippos descended from ones kept by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar