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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sublethal pesticide exposure facilitates the potential northward range shifts of ticks by increasing cold tolerance and overwintering survival: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Sublethal pesticide exposure facilitates the potential northward range shifts of ticks by increasing cold tolerance and overwintering survival
The extensive use of pesticides may drive complex interactions between species and their environments, leading to altered thermal tolerance traits and establishment in new habitats. Sublethal doses o....
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have officially reached 1,000 subscribers! Thanks to everyone for all the support over the last couple years despite our poor upload schedule, and we hope that newcomers have found our content engaging and informative! Can't wait to make more videos when we're less busy!
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stream has finished, but feel free to check out the recording! Here's the two completed tierlists, courtesy of UHC.
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Live Now!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=urtJ...
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Animal Face-off Tierlist with Wildlife Wire
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We will be having a special COLLABORATIVE LIVESTREAM tomorrow, September 25th, over on the Unnatural History Channel at 2PM EST! Be sure to subscribe to his channel so you don't miss it! www.youtube.com/@unnaturalhi...
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Unnatural History Channel
Using zoological science from our own world to try and explain the monsters from others. My videos typically focus on the Monster Hunter series but other universes are explored too. See if any of your...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Behaviour of an unlikely apex predator: temporal partitioning and hunting strategies of coastal brown hyaenas: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let them fight: using finite element analysis to determine combative evolutionary drivers of ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) horns peerj.com/articles/217...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keenan reached out to us for consulting on this episode 2 months ago, adamant on restoring cheetahs. It's incredible to see the level of effort and detail Keenan puts into his work because it wasn't at all necessary; Kaimere is fictional work, yet he wants it to feel believeable.
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Prey restoration facilitates early tiger recolonization in a human-dominated protected area of Thailand: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Prey restoration facilitates early tiger recolonization in a human‐dominated protected area of Thailand
Rewilding through restoration of large- and medium-sized prey may help re-establish conditions that support the return of large predators. In Salak Phra, dispersing tigers from neighboring protected ....
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Addressing social field safety as a proponent of the natural sciences workplace: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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aederocher.bsky.social @aederocher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Western Hudson Bay polar bears are relaxing away the ice-free slimming season. At 1 kg of mass loss per day, the sooner freeze up comes the better. No problems for now but the bears would welcome a November freeze up. 🧪
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our new video is finally here! Dominic had the pleasure to interview the legendary Jonathan Scott for Big Cat Diary’s 30th anniversary. Learn more about the show, the process in making it, and general advice for wildlife documentary presentation: youtu.be/rWCzW6Ld5gE
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JONATHAN SCOTT Discusses Big Cat Diary for its 30th Anniversary | Special Wildlife Wire Interview
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"There's a YouTube channel on their profile, but do they ever actually upload anything?" Tomorrow. There will be a video tomorrow at 12 EST.
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A recent paper from ZCP documented frequent long-distance dispersal by painted dogs across the country, and even into neighboring countries. This recent video is a great synopsis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6KO...
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Extraordinary movements connecting distant ecosystems by African wild dogs
YouTube video by Zambian Carnivore Programme Videos
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of oncillas in South America: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
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Julien Fattebert, PhD 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇭 @fattebertj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pathways to recover Asian wild pigs from African swine fever www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Pathways to recover Asian wild pigs from African swine fever - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
African swine fever virus has spread rapidly across Asia, causing lethal disease in several endemic wild pig species and Eurasian wild boar in Southeast Asia, and threatening some species with extinct...
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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some Kaimeran cheetahs and their prey:
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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
While additional money for conservation is welcome, I find aspects of this announcement of a $4M partnership between @itiscolossal.bsky.social & the IUCN somewhat worrying www.prnewswire.com/news-release... 1/6 🧵
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IUCN Species Survival Commission and Colossal Foundation Launch $4 Million Partnership to Accelerate Global Species Conservation
/PRNewswire/ -- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm of Colossal Biosciences, today announced a...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
First footage of an African golden cat in Angola: youtu.be/xVtGnZMg2-w
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Trail Camera footage of an African Golden Cat in Angola's Serra do Pingano range.
YouTube video by Wildlife Conservation Network
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Happy 39th Anniversary to the red wolf reintroduction in North Carolina!!!
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
First Record of Tasmanian Devils in the Pilbara: Late Quaternary Subfossils From Juukan Gorge, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, and Insights Into Human—Faunal Relationships and Extinction: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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First Record of Tasmanian Devils in the Pilbara: Late Quaternary Subfossils From Juukan Gorge, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, and Insights Into Human—Faunal Relationships and Extinction
This study presents the first unequivocal evidence for the presence of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) in the Pilbara region of northwestern Australia, based on material recovered from archae...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today marks 30 years since the first ever episode of Big Cat Diary! A remarkable documentary set in the Maasai Mara with some of the best presenters ever put to screen. With information more accurate than even most modern programs, it’s cemented itself as one of the greats!
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do you have a question about Red Wolves that you've always want answered? We're going live, AMA-style (Ask Me Anything), on YouTube and Twitch on Thursday, September 17 at 12 pm ET to answer all of your Red Wolf questions! Submit your questions here: bit.ly/3UOZw4U
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Benjamin Larue, Ph.D. @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great news for Bison conservation in the US! 🦬 earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...
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Court Decision Prevents Trump Admin from Removing More Than 900 Bison from Federal Land
Earthjustice and Cochenour Law filed for preliminary injunction for American Prairie in August
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Movement and space-use strategies of a vulnerable wetland deer under environmental and human pressures: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Movement and space-use strategies of a vulnerable wetland deer under environmental and human pressures - Landscape Ecology
Context Understanding large herbivore space use is central to landscape ecology, particularly in human-modified landscapes where movement is increasingly constrained. Neotropical cervids are underrepr...
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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Some young wolves disperse from their natal territories. Researchers in Idaho used genetics to determine some of the factors that pushed these youngsters to leave their home packs.
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Young wolves disperse more when well fed
Social conditions and prey availability may be the most important factors pushing individuals to leave their natal packs
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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 28/08/2026
The U.S. is a massive funder of science. Canada does not come anywhere close. Stories about a handful of scientists get attention, but rather than "brain drain," the likely outcome if the U.S. continues its path is that there will simply be fewer scientists and less science getting done in the world
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nothing about Colossal was brought up when putting that document together. However, I became increasingly irritated with the Galveston “ghost wolf” stuff. Calling these coyotes “ghost wolves” is not something supported by USFWS, SAFE red wolf program, and anyone who works in red wolf conservation.
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ben Sacks led the other project. He sequenced old museum specimens to acquire the historical red wolf’s genome for comparison to modern red wolves. The purpose here is to see how much of the contemporary red wolf’s genome is similar to the historical red wolf genome. He's work is under review.
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yes. This is mostly correct. There was one research team down there, now there are two. Everything is straightforward and linear, but it'll be a lengthy thread. To entice people to read through it, I've included images and stuff. Here we go...
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One of the disappointing things about this article is how none of the photos of the coyotes are from those in SWLA. Everything was laundered through the Galvenston Island project which is the population the Colossal promotes. I have actual footage of the coyotes that Colossal cloned. If I recall...
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
They claimed to have blood cloned these coyotes, which I don't believe they did. K&B rerouted my ear punches to Colossal after I sent them to SCBI. Recently, I was told no blood clones were done. So, I have no idea what's going on with this information. Blood clones -> colossal.com/how-dire-wol...
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How Dire Wolf De‑Extinction Tech Could Boost Red Wolf Conservation - Colossal
In this SYFY WIRE feature, researchers explain how Colossal Biosciences is repurposing technology from its dire wolf de-extinction project to […]
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In the MIT article, Colossal said I was panicked about being outpaced by their awesome research. Sure man, I'm always panicked when I'm outpaced in feeding “study animals” birthday cake, cloning Tom Brady’s dog, and promoting Jurassic Park 9 and The Paws Patrol movie.
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Glad you guys had Ellen talk about her PhD research on Katmai wolf diets for your audience in this video!
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Professors need to drag and shame their colleagues for serving as advisors to Colossal. This grift isn't possible without laundering it through their expertise. Gullible investors are why so much real estate was allocate to selling ideas, because Colossal won't deliver on their promised products.
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ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the Animal Ecology track of our #OpenAccess journal "Ecosphere" ⤵️
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Comparing activity patterns of the Himalayan wolf with Himalayan marmots and Kiang in a high-altitude landscape: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
First photographic evidence of the Tibetan fox in Bhutan: www.canids.org/CBC/29/Tibet...
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 25/08/2026
this video shows how difficult it can be for tigers to hunt - wild boar are big & suffer no fools! This is a captive-bred tiger in an enclosure in Kazakhstan & will not be released into the wild as part of the Ile-Balkhash reintroduction plan (its offspring will) 🌍 en.tengrinews.kz/my-country/w...
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Wild boar vs. tiger: unexpected hunt outcome captured in “Ile-Balkhash”
An encounter between a tiger and a wild boar in a nature reserve in Kazakhstan was caught on video. Kazakhstanis suggested that the tigress Umit was captured in the frame. The situation was commented ...
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our paper can be found here -> www.mdpi.com/2673-5636/7/...
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Joey Hinton @joeyhinton22.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We tested a simple screening tool to identify release candidates in the red wolf captive-breeding program. Using only routine husbandry observations, we observed wolves grouping into “human-avoidant” and “human-tolerant” profiles. Tolerance, unsurprisingly, rose with age of captive-born wolves. 1/2
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Road mortality mitigation for red wolves requires a landscape approach: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Road mortality mitigation for red wolves requires a landscape approach
In 1980, the red wolf Canis rufus was declared extinct in the wild. However, starting in 1987, a captive breeding program allowed for a reintroduction effort in and around Alligator River National Wi...
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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Red-winged blackbirds are aggressive nest defenders, but they still have respect for the dangers posed by rattlesnakes, even though the venomous serpents have been extirpated from western Oregon since the 1800s.
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Blackbirds harbor deep fear of rattlesnakes
In tests, red-winged avians would swoop in but almost never strike venomous reptiles
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wolves in Bhutan Are Part of the Ancient Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) Lineage: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Wolves in Bhutan Are Part of the Ancient Himalayan Wolf (<fi>Canis lupus chanco</fi>) Lineage
During Bhutan's nationwide snow leopard survey (2022–2023), putative snow leopard scat samples were collected, of which some were genetically identified as belonging to the wolf. Mitochondrial DNA an...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"How is it possible that scientists are saying that shark populations have declined by a lot, but fishermen are saying they've never seen so many sharks?" Part of the answer is called "shifting baselines," which means how much something changes depends on when you start counting! 🧪🌍🦑🦈🐟
Mockup graph showing dramatic declines in shark populations since the 1980s with a modest recovery over the last few years
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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wolf recovery in the Southeast hasn’t seen the success of other projects across the country. Researchers argue that taking advantage of military lands might hold the key to a healthy wolf population without the conflict.
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Q&A: Can red wolves thrive on military lands?
Bases with lots of land could be the key to the endangered canid’s recovery
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The dingo is often blamed for the extirpation of a few species from the Australian mainland: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil, and Tasmanian native hen. But how true is this? Let’s analyze the literature🧵
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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Researchers set out to confirm ringtail sightings in Idaho. These small, nocturnal mammals may be taking advantage of decades of fire suppression to push their distribution northward.
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Ringtails expand into Idaho
Cryptic nocturnal mammal may be taking advantage of decades of fire suppression to spread northward
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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
DingoFest is coming soon! For those of us outside of Australia, you can still celebrate by picking up a copy of Canis dingo by @howlingdingo.bsky.social. Dominic just finished his copy, and it’s an excellent comprehensive text, dispelling major myths in a digestible manner for general audiences.
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aederocher.bsky.social @aederocher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Latest paper on Svalbard polar bears. Take home: "sea-ice loss exerts an energetic constraint on denning females, forcing them to depart from dens early, which jeopardizes their cubs, ultimately reducing maternal fitness." Open access paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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