15, 2024 — A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ... to be able to shelter their genetic diversity from major shifts in environmental ...

Researchers are trying something called genetic rescue, which is "a conservation strategy where outside populations of an ...

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 new ...

All living things have a blueprint provided by the DNA that is stored in every one of their cells. Yet the amount of DNA in ...

Parrotfish are a group of 90-odd species found in coral reefs, seagrass beds, and rocky areas around the world, with the ...

Like land animals, they can suffer if their needs aren’t met ... Better data could contribute to aquaculture policy, while ...

The plush-crested jay chicks hatched at the zoo in July. There are only 45 other birds of their kind in North American zoos.

F or the first time ever, two black-footed ferret kits have been born to a cloned endangered animal. The mother is a ferret ...

Authorities indicated that techniques used in their work with black-footed ferrets could help preserve other endangered ...

But residents might not be familiar with the variety of animals that thrive in the region. And humans tend to want to make sense of what they don’t readily understand. “A lot of people just may be ...

Decades ago, Shigeyuki Yamato scanned the shallow coastal waters of southeastern Japan and saw something stand out from the ...

This panel convened to discuss how focusing our attention on wild animals, particularly capstone and indicator species, is a ...