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Wildlife Tagging Affects Animal Behavior for up to 7 Days

Tagging wildlife alters animal behavior for days, reports new research. The findings highlight a need for longer tracking periods to better understand animal behavior in the wild. The corresponding ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Human-wildlife conflict

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.
Science Daily

Researchers find few adverse health effects in wildlife exposed to low levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident

Between 2016 and 2018, researchers studied wild boar and rat snakes across a range of radiation exposures in Fukushima. The team examined biomarkers of DNA damage and stress and did not find any ...
Purdue University

Tour to examine wildlife effects on forests, management issues

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources is co-sponsoring a tour focusing on forest and wildlife management. The Forest and Wildlife Field Tour will be ...
Hartford Courant

Python skin jackets and elephant leather boots: How wealthy Western nations help drive the global wildlife trade

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. (THE CONVERSATION) Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans ...
Los Angeles Times

Nature didn’t really bounce back in the pandemic. It showed how far we’ve pushed it

In March and April 2020, when governments around the world issued stay-at-home orders to combat the exploding COVID-19 pandemic, the internet buzzed with thousands of reports of wild animals wandering ...
Science Daily

Saving marine life: Novel method quantifies the effects of plastic on marine wildlife

Scientists have developed a novel quantitative method to quantify the effects of plastic on marine animals. This method successfully shows that plastic ingestion by sea turtles might be causing ...