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Penguins in Zoos Age Faster Than Their Wild Counterparts Zoo penguins live longer but age faster, suggesting that comfort and abundance can harm long-term health despite increasing lifespan.

Penguins in Zoos Age Faster Than Their Wild Counterparts #Science #Biology #Zoology #Penguins #WildlifeResearch #AnimalBehavior

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Watch the first video of a sperm whale birth captured by scientists In a sperm whale birth recorded in more intimate detail than ever before, local whales huddled around the mother and lifted the calf to the surface.

Watch the first video of a sperm whale birth captured by scientists #Science #Biology #Zoology #SpermWhaleBirth #MarineBiology #WildlifeResearch

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Winter vs. spring, day vs. night ☀️🌙 Camera traps let us see how wildlife, like the Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis), use the same spaces across seasons and times of day.
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Cocaine Sharks Found in Bahamas: Scientists Detect Caffeine and Drugs in Marine Life Cocaine sharks Bahamas study reveals sharks near Eleuthera Island tested positive for cocaine, caffeine, acetaminophen and diclofenac. Scientists warn marine pollution from sewage and tourism is risin...

Cocaine Sharks Found in Bahamas: Scientists Detect Caffeine and Drugs in Marine Life
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Individual identification and confirmation of nest site fidelity in painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) using deep transfer learning Abstract. Accurate individual identification is vital in field studies. Since traditional marking techniques, though effective, can be intrusive and obtain

Our new paper is out in @royalsociety.org Open Science!

We tracked an individual painted stork (“Ringo”), first seen in 2022 with a neck scar, and confirmed its identity across 4 years using different methods

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Happy National Panda Day! Our donors make it possible to fund cutting-edge wildlife health research across hundreds of species. Today and always, we are so grateful. 🤎🧡 #NationalPandaDay #WildlifeHealth #WildAnimalHealthFund #WAHF #ProtectWildlife #WildlifeResearch #WildlifeVet #WildlifeConservation

Inside a Massachusetts bear den: three tiny cubs, just weeks old. Wildlife biologists say the state’s black bear population now numbers around 5,000.

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These Clownfish Lose Their Baby Stripes in Response to Peer Pressure, New Research Suggests Tomato clownfish perform a dramatic underwater wardrobe change based on the social dynamics of their environment

These Clownfish Lose Their Baby Stripes in Response to Peer Pressure, New Research Suggests: Tomato clownfish perform a dramatic underwater wardrobe change based on the social dynamics of their environment @SmithsonianMag #Clownfish #MarineBiology #PeerPressure #OceanLife #WildlifeResearch

Redirecting

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A portrait of a Powerful Owl, round yellow eyes staring at us with intensity from its perch in a tree. The photo is credited as being by Ken Griffiths, Getty Images. A caption tells us: "Powerful owls prefer tree hollows in areas of dense tree cover, and avoid sparsely treed or highly urbanised areas, according to new research to inform conservation strategies."

Powerful owls prefer tree hollows in areas of dense tree cover, and avoid sparsely treed or highly urbanised areas, according to new research to inform conservation strategies.

Read about it in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social:

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New records and co-occurrence in the Amazon Region of Colombia of Short-eared Dog, Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883), and Crab-eating Fox, Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766) (Mammalia, Canidae) Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883) is a rare canid whose distribution spans the entire Amazon Basin. It is the least known canid in Colombia, where sightings have been reported from six localities. I...

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Chimps Have Unique Drum Signatures
Chimps in Uganda perform drum solos on tree roots, and each one has a UNIQUE signature beat like a fingerprint! 🥁

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These (adorable) seal pups chat just like humans – accents included | BBC Science Focus Magazine Harbour seal pups take turns when speaking and even develop regional accents, much like human conversations

These (adorable) seal pups chat just like humans – accents included #Science #Biology #Zoology #SealPups #AnimalCommunication #WildlifeResearch

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Wild Chimpanzees May Be Consuming Two Alcoholic Drinks a Day Learn how urine tests revealed that wild chimpanzees metabolize alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, and what that could mean for human evolution.

Wild Chimpanzees May Be Consuming Two Alcoholic Drinks a Day #Science #Biology #Zoology #Chimpanzees #AnimalBehavior #WildlifeResearch

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The cover of Wildlife Research with text below it reading: "Ecology, management and conservation in natural and modified habitats; connectsci.au/wr".

Join the @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social Editorial Board!

We're seeking Associate Editors to help evaluate submissions and manage peer review.

Applications from all regions welcome, especially from Africa, Asia and South America.

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A white shark shark swims near the surface, surrounded by a school of fish. The photo is credited as being from Flinders University. A caption invites us to read the open access article titled 'Absence or avoidance? White shark response to killer whale predation risk' in Wildlife Research.

'Absence or avoidance? White shark response to killer whale predation risk'

By @bellareeves.bsky.social, Adam Barnett, David Donnelly, @meyer-sci.bsky.social, @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social

#OpenAccess in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social:

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White sharks vs. killer whales: white sharks not always fearful of kil White sharks vs. killer whales: white sharks not always fearful of killer whales While killer whales (Orcinus orca) can trigger immediate departure of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

Are white sharks really fleeing every time killer whales show up? 🦈

New research from @flindersuniversity.bsky.social, published in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social suggests the story isn’t so simple.

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A portrait of a Powerful Owl, round yellow eyes staring at us with intensity from its perch in a tree. The photo is credited as being by KarenHBlack, Getty Images. A caption invites us to read an open access article titled 'Navigating human-dominated landscapes: nest site selection by a threatened cavity-nesting apex predator' in Wildlife Research

New research in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social shows the critical importance of landscape composition in #PowerfulOwl nest cavity selection and highlights how cavity availability influences #breeding productivity.

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Cultural knowledge reveals hidden decline of iconic northern quoll Cultural knowledge shared by Martu people from WA’s Western Desert region has revealed the previously hidden decline of the iconic northern quoll.

New work published in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social shares accounts by Martu Elders that reveal the previously undocumented spread and decline of the endangered northern quoll (wiminyji, in Martu language).

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New research shows tiny mammal footprints can reveal species identity — helping scientists track environmental change more quickly and ethically. 🐾🌿

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The Wildlife Research Student Prize for Best Paper is now open for eligible submissions. If you're a student lead author publishing in Wildlife Research, you could be eligible to win!

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An Elephant's Trunk is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests Hundreds of the specialized hairs help the poor-sighted creatures navigate the world

An Elephant's Trunk is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests: Hundreds of the specialized hairs help the poor-sighted creatures navigate the world @SmithsonianMag #ElephantFacts #AnimalBehavior #WildlifeResearch #NatureDocumentary #TrunkWhiskers

Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense of touch, reveals new research. The 1,000 hairs that cover the trunk have unusual properties that highlight where contact happens along each whisker allowing the largest land animal to grab something as small as a peanut, say scientists. The whiskers of elephants and […] The post Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch appeared first on Good News Network.

Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch: The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense of touch, reveals new research. The 1,000 hairs that cover the trunk… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Elephants #AnimalScience #WildlifeResearch #AnimalBehavior #NatureFacts

Ice Fishermen Catch Record-Breaking 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut After Hours-Long Struggle Six men spent more than two hours tugging the massive flatfish from a frozen fjord in Quebec as part of a research project studying halibut populations in the region

Ice Fishermen Catch Record-Breaking 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut After Hours-Long Struggle: Six men spent more than two hours tugging the massive flatfish from a frozen fjord in Quebec as part of a research project… @SmithsonianMag #IceFishing #Halibut #FishingCommunity #RecordCatch #WildlifeResearch

The Smell of a Memory: Elephants Remember the People Who Raised Them | PEP UNLIMITED LLC We’ve all heard the phrase “an elephant never forgets.” It’s one of those sayings that sounds sweet and simple, until science starts showing it might be shockingly true.

The Smell of a Memory: Elephants Remember the People Who Raised Them
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These Parasitic Beetles Mimic the Smell of Flowers So They Can Trick Bees and Raid Their Nests, New Research Suggests They might be the first animals known to fake a floral scent

These Parasitic Beetles Mimic the Smell of Flowers So They Can Trick Bees and Raid Their Nests, New Research Suggests: They might be the first animals known to fake a floral scent @SmithsonianMag #ParasiticBeetles #FloralMimicry #Bees #WildlifeResearch #NatureScience

When Vampire Bats Become Close Friends, They Start ‘Talking’ Like Each Other New research shows that just like humans, vampire bats with deep social relationships use similar sounds as one another to communicate

When Vampire Bats Become Close Friends, They Start ‘Talking’ Like Each Other: New research shows that just like humans, vampire bats with deep social relationships use similar sounds as one another to… @SmithsonianMag #VampireBats #AnimalBehavior #WildlifeResearch #BatCommunication #SocialAnimals