Organisms inhabiting arid environments face challenges to obtain dietary water.To prevent desiccation,some organisms possess unique adaptations to harvest water from infrequent and unpredictable rainfall,including sev...
This study was supported by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyhski University in Warsaw(grant to P.M.).
Anthropogenic noise can affect a number of behavioral,physiological,and ecological aspects of animals from major taxonomic groups,raising serious conservation concerns.For example,noise pollution impacts communicative...
Social learning is a mechanism used by many species to effciently gain information about their environment.Although many animals live in an environment where members of other species are present,little is known about ...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China to Z Tu(31902307);National Key Research and Development Program of China to C Tu(2017YFD0500104);Wildlife Borne Infectious Diseases Monitoring Project of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China.
Four species of porcine circoviruses(PCV1–4)have been reported to circulate in Chinese domestic pigs,while the epizootiology of these viruses in free-ranging wild boars in China remains unknown.In this study,tissue a...
Widespread distribution of livestock in the natural habitats of large carnivores may negatively impact carnivore populations by reducing wild prey availability and increasing human–carnivore conflicts.In this study,we...
In Inderasabah(southeast Sabah),tri-spine horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus was observed for their locomotion activity using data loggers from September to November in 2015.A female with acceleration and depth-tem...
supported by CNPq/Brazil;INCT-EECBio/Brazil;CAPES/Brazil。
Whole-genome sequences provide massive amounts of data that can illuminate many aspects of a species’biology and evolutionary history,as well as valuable information for conservation planning.This is particularly imp...
Humans have infected a wide range of animals with SARS-CoV-2 viruses1-5,but the establishment of a new natural animal reservoir has not been observed.Here,we document that free-ranging white-tailed deer(Odocoileus vir...
Financial support was provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation(31003A_176114 to B.K.,31003A-120444,and 310030M_138389 to A.K.L.);University of Zurich,Promotor foundation,and Claraz Schenkung.
Associating with relatives in social groups can bring benefits such as reduced risk of aggression and increased likelihood of cooperation.Competition among relatives over limited resources,on the other hand,can induce...
To avoid wildlife-human conflict several solutions are used, like electrical fences, the most expensive solution. Nowadays, technology enables alternative and cheaper approaches for conservation projects. A technologi...