Neotropical rodents of the genus Thrichomys inhabit open vegetation biomes, including the Brazilian Caatinga, Cerrado, and Pantanal, as well as the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco regions. For a long…

Carcass utilization by scavengers is crucial for ecosystem dynamics, influencing energy transfer and nutrient cycling. Through the provision of unconsumed carcasses, the return of wolves (Canis…

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Globally, collisions with vehicles result in millions of animal deaths every year, representing a major issue for wildlife conservation and management. Consequently, and importantly, much research ha...

Acquiring up-to-date information on the distribution of a species is an issue of paramount importance to set up proper conservation strategies and to assess its conservation status over time. The Euro...

The golden jackal (Canis aureus) has rapidly expanded its range in Europe, prompting questions about its ecological impact and management. The species’ expansion strategy differs from other European c...

The American mink (Mustela vison) is known as a successful non-native species in Europe, impacting native species’ population sizes and habitats. This study investigates the genetic structure and dive...

As part of a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control related Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) badger research study in Northern Ireland, a project was lau…

Very recently, an interesting phenomenon was described in the common vole; vole parents with similar locomotor ability produced significantly larger litters. Positive assortative mating is a tendency ...

To reinforce Eurasian lynx populations in central Europe, 20 lynx from Slovakia and Switzerland were translocated to the Palatinate Forest between 2016 and 2020. Using a systematic camera trapping arr...