Wild Animals News
November 20, 2024
Top Headlines
Nov. 19, 2024 — In order to use remote locations to record and assess the behavior of wildlife and environmental conditions, the GAIA Initiative developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that reliably and ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Different species of seabirds can coexist on small, isolated islands despite eating the same kind of fish. A researcher has been involved in developing a mathematical model that can be used to better understand how this ecosystem ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A new study reveals alarming risks that pesticides pose to ground-nesting bees, which are crucial for pollination and food production. As agriculture increasingly relies on pesticides to protect crops, the unintended consequences for these essential ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Mountain lions in greater Los Angeles are proactively shifting their activity to avoid interacting with cyclists, hikers, joggers and other recreationists, finds a new ...
Latest Headlines
updated 11:17pm EST
Nov. 15, 2024 — Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers have studied at 103 locations in ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a new study, scientists uncover a 'switch' in the DNA of parrots ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor --immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Thanks to the consistent and focused efforts of researchers and conservationists to save, then reintroduce, mountain yellow-legged frogs to lakes in Yosemite National Park, their populations are ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — A study found large-scale declines of African elephants in the first continent-wide analysis of population survey data. Over 53 years of surveys, forest elephant populations decreased on average by ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals in Argentina, only about a third of the seals normally expected here returned, scientists ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — The more a plant species invests in defense, the less potential it has for growth, according to a study. Research made possible by open science provides new insights into plant adaptation and ...
Earlier Headlines
Nov. 8, 2024 — Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants' remarkable ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — Facebook and Instagram can boost wildlife conservation efforts through public awareness and engagement, according to a new ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...
Scientists Find Space-for-Time Substitutions Exaggerate Urban Bird--Habitat Ecological Relationships
Nov. 7, 2024 — A common way ecologists predict population counts may be an unreliable way of forecasting future bird counts in urban areas, meaning scientists may be overestimating and underestimating the losses of ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Research sheds light on how coyotes, North America's most successful predators, are responding to various environmental pressures, including human development, hunting and competition with ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — An epidemiological study found that 56 percent of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state. ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — Researchers used genomics to investigate the genetic changes causing resistance to transgenic crops in field populations of the corn earworm, also known as cotton bollworm or Helicoverpa zea. They ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new information about ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Researchers developed citizen science platforms as a new data source to evaluate the effectiveness of the 742 protected areas for birds across Germany. This research shows that although these areas ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation ...
Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
Oct. 30, 2024 — Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving 'drunk' after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists now ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — The cervid livestock business is one of the fastest-growing industries in rural America. In Missouri alone, more than 250 farms are dedicated to raising deer. To improve overall herd health and ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Large herbivores like bison or elk have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for about 2,300 years, according to a new analysis of chemicals preserved in lake ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — In the largest predation event ever recorded, researchers observed capelin shoaling off the coast of Norway, where a swarm of cod overtook them, consuming over 10 million fish in a few hours. The ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — A groundbreaking, nine-year study has revealed that elephants approaching small-scale farms in Kenya avoid beehive fences housing live honey bees up to 86% of the time during peak crop seasons, ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — New research has revealed that species that are more social live longer and produce offspring for a greater time-span. This is the first study on this topic which spans the animal kingdom, from ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Red deer may become less sociable as they grow old to reduce the risk of picking up diseases, while older house sparrows seem to have fewer social interactions as their peers die off, according to ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers are showcasing how a focused outreach initiative in Palm Beach County has led to a successful increase in reports of invasive reptiles in ...
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Elephant Turns a Hose Into a Sophisticated Showering Tool
- Power of Aesthetic Species on Social Media Boosts Wildlife Conservation Efforts, Say Experts
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- New Study Maps Dramatic 100-Million-Year Explosion in Color Signals Used by Animals
- Scientists Find Space-for-Time Substitutions Exaggerate Urban Bird--Habitat Ecological Relationships
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Research Finds Coyotes Thriving Despite Human and Predator Pressures
- Washington Coast Avian Flu Outbreak Devastated Caspian Terns, Jumped to Seals
Monday, November 4, 2024
- Not the Usual Suspects: Novel Genetic Basis of Pest Resistance to Biotech Crops
- Fossil of Huge Terror Bird Offers New Information About Wildlife in South America 12 Million Years Ago
Friday, November 1, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
- Improving Deer Health One Test at a Time
- Ancient DNA Brings to Life History of the Iconic Aurochs, Whose Tale Is Intertwined With Climate Change and Human Culture
- Large Herbivores Have Lived in Yellowstone National Park for More Than 2,000 Years
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Oceanographers Record the Largest Predation Event Ever Observed in the Ocean
- Beehive Fences Are Highly Effective in Reducing Human-Elephant Conflict, but Researchers Warn of Future Risks
- More Social Species Live Longer
Monday, October 28, 2024
- What Animal Societies Can Teach Us About Aging
- Researchers' New Outreach Strategy Succeeds, Sets Blueprint for Detecting Invasive Species in Florida
- Giant Clam Declared Critically Endangered After the Latest Assessment
- Why Langurs Drink Salt Water
- H5N1 Virus Isolated from Infected Dairy Worker Is 100% Lethal in Ferrets, but Does Not Appear to Be Circulating in Nature Anymore
- Pythons Can Swallow Even Bigger Prey Than Scientists Realized
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Move Along, Moose: Study Reveals the 'most Canadian' Animals
- Invasive Silver Carp Reduce Movement in Chicago-Area Water
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Human Actions Likely Cause Insect Color Change
- Gut Bacteria Transfer Genes to Disable Weapons of Their Competitors
- Cancer Prevalence Across Vertebrate Species Decreases With Gestation Time, May Increase With Adult Mass
- Marri Trees a Lifeline for Many Native Bee Species in Biodiversity Hotspot
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Fossils Unveil How Southern Europe's Ecosystem Changed Through Glacial-Interglacial Stages
- Saving the Bats: Researchers Find Bacteria, Fungi on Bat Wings That Could Help Fight Deadly White-Nose Syndrome
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Key Protein for the Biosynthesis of Defense Steroids in Solanaceous Plants Discovered
- Marine Bacterium: Catching Prey With Grappling Hooks and Cannons
- Artificial Nests Boost Penguin Breeding Success, but There's No One-Size-Fits-All Design
- Providencia Rustigianii Has Virulence Gene Akin to Salmonella's
- Environmental DNA and Epidemics in Wood Frogs
- Microbiome: Drug Discovery Within the Patient
- Microplastics Detected in Dolphin Breath
- Aquaculture Uses Far More Wild Fish Than Previously Estimated, Study Finds
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Rangers Lead Ground-Breaking Effort to Monitor Uganda's Lion Population in Critical Stronghold
- Bonobos May Be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought, Suggests Genetics Study
Monday, October 14, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
- Dance, Gibbon, Dance!
- Evolution in Real Time
- Genomic Study Identifies Human, Animal Hair in 'man-Eater' Lions' Teeth
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Light Pollution Disturbs Moths Even in the Dark
- The Bright and Dark Sides of Pacific Salmon Biotransport
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Ant Agriculture Began 66 Million Years Ago in the Aftermath of the Asteroid That Doomed the Dinosaurs
- Oyster Reefs Once Thrived Along Europe's Coasts -- Now They're Gone
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Bottlenose Dolphins 'smile' At Each Other While Playing
- The Rate of Climate Change Threatens to Exceed the Adaptive Capacity of Species
- Snakes in the City: Ten Years of Wildlife Rescues Reveal Insights Into Human-Reptile Interactions
- Do Coyotes Have Puppy Dog Eyes? New Study Reveals Wild Canines Share Dog's Famous Expression
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Different Adaptation Strategies to Saline Soils Identified in Neighboring Populations of the Same Plant Species
- Adapted -- Study Shows That Wild Animals Also Get Accustomed to Humans
Monday, September 30, 2024
Friday, September 27, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior
- Lack of Food -- Not Money -- Drives Poaching in East African National Parks, Study Finds
- Humbug Damselfish Use 'motion Dazzle' To Evade Predators
- Fossils from the Adriatic Sea Show a Recent and Worrying Reversal of Fortunes
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
- How Cranes Navigate Their Complex World
- All-Night Lights Change the Behavior of Fish, Even Into the Next Generation
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- How Do Coexisting Animals Find Enough to Eat? Biologists Unlock Insights Into Foraging Habits in Yellowstone
- What's for Dinner? Scientists Unearth Key Clues to Cuisine of Resident Killer Whales
- Genetic Tracing at the Huanan Seafood Market Further Supports COVID Animal Origins
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- If You Build It, Will They Come? Wildlife Corridors Need Smarter Design
- Scientists Quantify Energetic Costs of the Migratory Lifestyle in a Free Flying Songbird
- Early Dingoes Are Related to Dogs from New Guinea and East Asia
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- Unravelling an Ancient European Extinction Mystery: Disappearance of Dwarf Megafauna on Palaeolithic Cyprus
- An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear Is a Striking Example of Convergent Evolution
- The Unexpected Protein Connection in Maize Growth and Defense
- Scientists from 33 European Countries Join Forces to Generate Reference Genomes for the Continent's Rich Biological Diversity
Monday, September 16, 2024
- Hardship Early in Life Can Affect Health and Longevity -- Even for Marmots
- 'Food Theft' Among Seabirds Could Be Transmission Point for Deadly Avian Flu
- New 'grumpy' Fish Species Discovered in the Red Sea
Friday, September 13, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Self-Medicating Gorillas and Traditional Healers Provide Clues for New Drug Discovery
- Spiny Mice Point the Way to New Path in Social Neuroscience
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
- Cattle Raised by Maasai Farmers Aren't the Conservation Villains They've Been Made out to Be, Study Finds
- Giant Fanged Frog Went Unrecognized in Philippines Because It Was Nearly Identical to Even Larger Species
- Honeybees: Combinations of Pesticides Can Be Dangerous
- Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars Thrive in Degraded Coral Habitats
- How Japanese Eels Escape from Their Predator's Stomach