Tag: Mammals
Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit...
Ashley Reeves, University of Tennessee
The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the...
The scent of sickness: 5 questions answered about using dogs –...
Glen J. Golden, Colorado State University
Editor’s note: As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, scientists are analyzing new ways to track it. One promising approach...
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many...
Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to...
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many...
Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to...
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and...
Bob Jacobs, Colorado College
Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years,...
It’s wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic
Peter Alagona, University of California, Santa Barbara
Genomic research showing that the COVID-19 coronavirus likely originated in bats has produced heavy media coverage and widespread...
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Jeremy Goldbogen, Stanford University, and Nicholas Pyenson, Smithsonian Institution
Both toothed and baleen (filter-feeding) whales are among the largest animals ever...
The animal world is still awesome: 3 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
