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July 30, 2021 A new paper documents an unusual behavior among tufted titmice and their closest bird kin. A bird will land on an unsuspecting mammal and, cautiously and stealthily, pluck out some of its ...
Jan. 4, 2023 Researchers have revealed the effects of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus infection on an Ezo red fox and a Japanese raccoon dog, linking their infection to a recorded die-off of ...
Aug. 13, 2021 Artificial nest experiments demonstrated that the raccoon dog, an alien species abundant in Finland, is a more common duck nest predator than any indigenous mammalian species. The species depredated ...
Mar. 1, 2024 A new species and genus of fairy lantern, tiny glass-like white plants that feed on fungi, has been discovered in Japan. In the country renowned for its extensive flora research, the discovery of a ...
Sep. 1, 2021 New research suggests that while there is an association between income and diversity of medium to large mammals, another factor is stronger: 'urban intensity', or the degree to which wild ...
Sep. 1, 2021 Spotted skunks aren't as well-known as their striped cousins, and scientists still have a lot to learn about them, starting with how many kinds of them even exist -- over the years, the number ...
Oct. 5, 2023 For decades, scientists have assumed that mammals and their relatives that survived challenging times (like those during mass extinctions) made it because they were generalists that were able to eat ...
May 21, 2021 Researchers analyzed camera trap data from across the continent to better understand how particular species of mammals respond to different types of human ...
Sep. 5, 2023 Invasive alien species are animals that may pose a threat to biodiversity, but it's time to deal with that threat in a more ethical ...
Oct. 20, 2022 Researchers used artificial nests to test two methods for reducing the nest predation of vulnerable and endangered ground-nesting birds. The study showed that red foxes can be more easily deceived ...