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Humans have impacted lion genetics over the years

December 7, 2020

Over the past century, a growing human population has caused movement barriers for lion populations, reducing their genetic diversity. “The African landscape has changed drastically over the past century with human population increases, management of …

Dana Kobilinsky

Pronghorn genetically similar throughout Wyoming

November 9, 2020

Even though pronghorn face obstacles from highways to mountain ranges across Wyoming, their genetics throughout the state are fairly similar, which seems to be good news for their viability. “There has been tons of behavioral …

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Exploring genetics to save endangered pocket mouse

June 22, 2020

Researchers are delving into the genomes of Pacific pocket mice to help inform conservationists about the best ways to recover the federally endangered species, which has only three populations left in the wild. Despite its …

Conservation News

Some bats are adapting to white-nose syndrome, study finds

February 21, 2020

Some bats are developing adaptations to white-nose syndrome that allow them to survive the deadly disease, according to a recent study. Comparing little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) that died from the disease with those that …

David Frey

JWM: Museums hold secrets of California’s vanished pronghorn

February 10, 2020

One hundred years ago, pronghorn roamed the Sonoran Desert in what is now the borderlands between Southern California and northern Baja California in Mexico. Today, they are gone from the wild, and as managers look …

David Frey

JWM: Kentucky success provides recipe for elk reintroduction

January 13, 2020

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 large number of animals from herds …

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What drove one of the only U.S. parrot species to extinction?

December 16, 2019

The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) once ranged from southern New England to Florida to Colorado, but by 1918, the last of its kind died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. One of the only native …

FYI News

Is classic tale of fox domestication science or fiction?

December 9, 2019

It’s become a classic tale of genetics and domestication. In 1959, Soviet zoologist Dmitry Belyaev began selectively breeding silver foxes (Vulpes Vulpes), until in 10 generations, he ended up with a line of tame, tail-wagging …

Dana Kobilinsky

Wildlife forensics unveil predator-prey interaction clues

November 20, 2019

A single piece of evidence may not solve a crime, but put together lots of pieces and investigators can paint an entire picture of a crime scene. That’s not so different from wildlife biologists looking …

David Frey

Most of elephant seal population born from ‘supermoms’

September 30, 2019

Elephant seals have had a spectacular journey from the brink of extinction, and they may owe it to a group of “supermoms” responsible for most of the reproduction. In a study covering 52 years of …

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