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Every year, millions of birds make some of the most arduous journeys in the natural world. The Hudsonian whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus) travels from its breeding grounds in Alaska’s High Arctic to as far south as Argentina.
Two endurance athletes are preparing to embark on their own journey to follow the paths of three GPS-tracked whimbrels.
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The value that imperiled species offer to ecosystems may be priceless, but genetic research reveals online vendors are selling vulnerable amphibians as common edible frogs. A team of researchers bought four frogs listed as Chinese edible frogs (Hoplobatrachus chinensis) from a popular online marketplace with the intention of studying that species’ evolutionary histor...
More than three decades ago, a disappointing apple harvest and a chance event set Dave Hunter on an unexpected path. After his wife came home buzzing about a neighbor’s apple tree that was producing thousands of apples while their tree sat barren, Hunter went searching for solutions to his comparatively disappointing backyard harvest. The answer was Mason bees, a genus native...
One of the challenges I faced early in my career was entering a field where female representation in wildlife science in Saudi Arabia was still limited. This required not only technical competence but also resilience and a clear sense of purpose.
I was always curious about animals’ behavior, ecology and the role they play within natural systems, particularly large mamm...
The world’s largest single-island colony of northern gannets has been sold to a conservation group to ensure sound conservation and management. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds bought Bass Rock and neighboring island Craigleith, which are three miles off the coast of North Berwick, Scotland. The Hamilton-Dalrymple family, hereditary baronets of North Berwick, hav...