By Seiki Takatsuki In 2003, I saw takhi, or Przewarski horse ( Equus ferus przewalski i), in Mongolia for the first time in my life. I was studying migration of Mongolian gazelle ( Procapra gutturosa ) with Mongolian researchers. I returned to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of...
By John Herbert The floodplain of the Mississippi River, the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV), supports high densities of waterfowl during the winter months, which in turn attracts high numbers of waterfowl hunters. This region is typically considered the most important winter...
The European otter on ice with a codfish (Photo: Jan Skriver) By Liselotte Wesley Anderson on behalf of all authors The European otter’s ( Lutra lutra ) elusive and semi-aquatic behavior make monitoring using direct observations of the otters difficult. Therefore searching of...
A coyote ( Canis lupus ) is photographed while looking directly in the direction of one of the cameras deployed during fall 2017. The photo belongs to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. By Fabiola Iannarilli on behalf of all co-authors Many carnivores are rare,...
By David Laskin After nearly a 150-year absence, 31 plains bison ( Bison bison ) were recently reintroduced to a 1200 km2 wilderness area in the heart of Banff National Park, Canada . As North America’s largest land mammal, the return of these animals aims to restore ecosystem...
By Dr Rufus Sage Releasing pheasants and red-legged partridges for shooting is more common in the UK than in other European countries. Conservation NGOs like the GWCT and the RSPB , and GOs like Natural England are interested in the ecological consequences of this activity...
By Anders Galatius This new study compiles all available data on grey seal occurrence and breeding in the southern Baltic Sea, Danish Straits and Kattegat from Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Germany. It thus provides an overview of the recolonization of these areas. Although the...
Eastern grey kangaroos ( Macropus giganteus ) from Nelson Bay Golf Course, New South Wales, Australia By Maquel Brandimarti, The University of Sydney Understanding the health and welfare of wildlife is critical as humans expand development and agriculture, and climate change...
Notches and scratches make it possible for researchers to identify individual killer whales. This is M002 closely followed by her 3-year old calf, M062 born into the population in 2014. © Rowan Jordaan By Rowan Jordaan Since 2006, over-wintering researchers from the Marion...
My name is Sonja Ludwig , and I am looking forward to contributing as a new subject editor for Wildlife Biology. I studied to become a biologist at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, and was first introduced to wildlife biology research with my diploma thesis on habitat...
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