TWS2021: Disease, predation causing Appalachian spotted skunk decline
The Appalachian subspecies of the eastern spotted skunk is facing large declines, likely due to a combination of predation and canine distemper, a disease fatal to ...
canine distemper
Wild Cam: Asian wild dogs’ diet may aid their conservation
TWS member Jan Kamler has been hot on the trail of the packs of dholes he’s been studying for years in Southeast Asia. Sometimes trekking for months through the ...
New canine distemper virus strain found in New England
In December 2016, Patrick Tate, a wildlife biologist with the state of New Hampshire Fish and Game, noticed a fisher (Martes pennanti) breathing heavily under a ...