Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus). Image credit, Jón Helgi Jónsson.
Research Briefs | Mar 3, 2010 GPS plays an important role in wildlife conservation by enabling managers to track the movements of animals. But sometimes wildlife biologists want to know more than just where an animal is located at any given time - sometimes they also want to know what an animal is actually doing...
Research Briefs | Feb 23, 2010 Research Briefs | Feb 9, 2010 In order to protect the relative genetic health of jaguar populations and to establish priorities for habitat conservation, researchers use an innovative model to map potential corridors between 90 remaining areas of high jaguar density throughout Central and South America...
Research Briefs | Jan 28, 2010 When it comes to protecting at-risk carnivores like the African leopard, conservationists need to pay particular attention to reducing persecution by humans at the edges of preserves. That's the take-home message from a new study in the journal Animal Conservation that looked at leopards in the contiguous Mkhuze and Phinda Game Reserves in South Africa...
Research Briefs | Jan 13, 2010 Research Briefs | Jan 11, 2010 Can you change the behavior of a bear that raids campgrounds, nuzzles through trash, or knocks side view mirrors off cars? A new study finds evidence that a method called aversive conditioning can be successful in modifying the behavior of some bears but fully averting conflicts with humans will require changing how people act as well...
Research Briefs | Dec 29, 2009 Research Briefs | Dec 28, 2009 We recently interviewed, Philip Hedrick and Richard Fredrickson, leaders in the field of conservation genetics. They had just published an article in which they outlined 10 guiding principles for genetic rescue - a practice that has been used to improve the condition of certain highly endangered species.
