Tag: TWS2020

Prescribed fires in South Africa temporarily benefit herbivores and the lions that prey on them after burns, according to ongoing research. “Our research shows that sometimes there can be community-level...

Pesticides that are used to stymie the spread of invasive insects eating their way through eastern U.S. forests may be affecting wood frog development nearby. Hemlock woolly adelgids (Adelges tsugae) are...

Elephants in Malaysian Borneo fenced out of large swaths of habitat around palm oil plantations are being pushed onto local farmers’ properties. Researchers are looking at ways to reduce the...

Invasive Abert’s squirrels may be passing harmful parasites to endangered native Mount Graham’s squirrels in Arizona. Ongoing research on these squirrels and the creatures that live off of them has...

Birds may provide ecosystem services for coffee farms in Kenya by eating pest insects that damage crops. By encouraging the diversity of bird species, coffee farmers may be able to...

Conflicts between baboons and humans surrounding wildlife reserves in Kenya could be improved by creating better compensation programs for the poorest farmers affected by primate rates. “There’s evidence to say...

They may seem lazy and move at the pace of 2020 election ballot counting, but sloths are pretty quick to react when they feel threatened. “They can bite and swing...

When it comes to surviving in the wild, sleeping undisturbed is a major challenge. But ongoing research explores some of the diverse strategies that mammals have adapted to keep themselves...

Efforts to track carnivores in the Indian Himalayas reveal poaching hotspots, mesopredator behavior, and the first known photograph of a snow leopard in a relatively low-elevation national park. “Getting a...

The urban felines paw the beach sands, cross highline pipes and move through people’s backyards in Cape Town, but they are far from the typical house cat. Caracals, researchers have...