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wildlife

The spotted hyena’s cadaver in Elba Protected Area.

Ghost of the Nile: Ancient Predator Returns to Egypt After 5,000 Years

Categories Life & Non-humans
A thorny devil in the desert

Climate Change Creates Energy Crisis for Desert Lizards

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans
A spider monkey feedings on fruits of spondia mombin

Boozing animals may not be as rare as previously thought

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
dolphin closeup

Microplastics detected in dolphin breath

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans
Gasto Lyakurwa, doctoral student in recreation, park, and tourism, management at Penn State, walks through land adjacent to Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania as he conducts research Credit: Provided by Gasto Lyakurwa. All Rights Reserved.

Study Reveals Food Insecurity Drives Poaching in Tanzania’s National Parks

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences
Gecko

War-Induced Stress in Animals: Geckos Show Metabolic Spikes During Conflict

Categories Life & Non-humans
A Virginia Tech study of wildlife common in Virginia found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread in animals, particularly around areas of high human activity. The researchers identified variants consistent with those circulating in humans at the time, and one opossum with previously unreported viral mutations, underscoring the potential for changes that can potentially impact humans and their immune response.

Virus that causes COVID-19 is widespread in wildlife

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans
This image shows a hibernating little brown bat infected with white-nose syndrome.

A stealth fungus has decimated North American bats but scientists may be a step closer to treating white-nose syndrome

Categories Life & Non-humans
urban seagull

Urban seagulls still prefer seafood

Categories Life & Non-humans
Heath goannas

Giant Lizards Could Save Australian Sheep Farms Millions, Study Reveals

Categories Life & Non-humans
The black outline shows the estimated impacted area (1100 square miles) of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, significantly larger than previously reported areas (red and blue outlines). Graphic courtesy Masoud Rostami.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Devastated Deep-Sea Ecosystem, Affecting 1,100 Square Miles

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans
Distribution, migration, and stopover use in Ukraine for Greater Spotted Eagles

Migrating Eagles Forced to Dodge Conflict in Ukraine, Study Finds

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences
Cicada on a branch

Two Rare Cicada Broods to Emerge Together for the First Time in Over 200 Years

Categories Life & Non-humans

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