Tag: dispersal

Adolescent giraffes keen on leaving their mother’s roost don’t always disperse far and wide in search of mating opportunities. In fact, some stay put and just switch social communities in...

Since piping plovers were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1985, researchers have been uncertain about some population dynamics and connectivity among the breeding groups that could help the...

White-tailed deer that disperse to new areas have similar rates of mortality as those that stay put, researchers found. That wasn’t what they expected to discover. They figured dispersal would...

A breeding population of ocelots just 30 miles south of the border is likely the source of occasional cat sightings in Arizona, biologists say. The population is the northernmost known...

TWS member April Martinig can relate to red squirrels. Finding an apartment in Edmonton, Alberta is about as tough as it is for a squirrel in Yukon to find a...

Imagine baby turtles flapping their flippers on miniature treadmills before going for a swim in bright pink bathing suits. That was the scene in a Florida lab as biologists tried...

When Yellowstone grizzlies lost their threatened status last June, advocates for the bears feared they were too isolated to sustain their populations without federal protections. The grizzlies (Ursus arctos) are...

From monarchs to grizzlies, America’s wildlife is dwindling due to climate change and habitat destruction, conservationists said at a conference this week in Washington, and wildlife corridors are crucial to...

Recent research on salamander gene flow in the forests of Missouri indicates that when deciding which ponds to protect on a landscape to conserve amphibian populations, biologists should pay attention...

The Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles, where mountain lions (Puma concolor) prowl, comprise one of the only large metropolitan areas in the world inhabited by wild big cats. The...