New bison conservation initiative focuses on genetic diversity
In the 17th and 18th century, North American plains bison (Bison bison bison) nearly went extinct due to unregulated and unsustainable harvest and habitat loss. ...
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JWM: Kentucky success provides recipe for elk reintroduction
Kentucky may have discovered the recipe for success when it set out to reintroduce elk to the state about 20 years ago, researchers found. The state brought in a ...
Human activity influences species’ genetics differently
Humans’ presence on the landscape affects different species differently. For some species and population, genetic diversity decreases alongside human land use and ...
Watch: California embarks on massive wildlife overpass
California is building what state transportation officials will be the world’s largest wildlife overpass. Paid mostly with private donations, the overpass will ...
Development is dividing California’s puma populations
Habitat fragmentation is splintering California’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) populations, researchers found. As urbanization between Los Angeles and San Diego ...
JWM: Gene diversity high in Missouri deer
Some 1.4 million white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) roam in Missouri today, but less than a century ago, their numbers had dwindled to the verge of ...
Though declining, threatened rattlers show little inbreeding
Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are declining throughout most of their range, but in Illinois, a 10-year genetics study found a lack of ...
Southern sea otters still struggle with genetic diversity
Despite modest increases in the threatened southern sea otter population (Enhydra lutris nereis), their genetic diversity has remained the same, prompting ...
In Hawaii, bird’s genetic trail leads from island to island
When Japanese bush-warblers (Cettia diphone) were introduced to Oahu in the 1920s, it might not have been good for native wildlife, but it turned out to be helpful ...
What genetics say about California Island foxes
While they may look alike, foxes on six different islands in California’s Channel Islands are actually very genetically different. The reason for these ...