carnivores
Bad food? How mesozooplankton reacts to blue-green algae blooms
It forms one of the most important pillars of the marine food web worldwide: the so-called mesozooplankton comprises animals between 0.2 and 20 mm in size…
Roadmap for better protection of Borneo’s cats and small carnivores
Borneo harbours more endemic carnivores than any other island except Madagascar and about half of these carnivores are globally threatened with extinction. In…
Wild plants call to carnivores to get rid of pests — could crops do the same?
While this strategy may work in someone's backyard, it's not an option on a large farm. In an October 4 Trends in Plant Science Opinion paper, agricultural…
Competition from the ancestors of cats drove the extinction of many species of ancient dogs
An international team including scientists from the Universities of Gothenburg (Sweden), São Paulo (Brazil) and Lausanne (Switzerland) analyzed over 2000…
Distemper Virus Affects Wild Carnivores of All Stripes
Canine distemper virus strikes wild carnivores of all stripes, including Amur tigers, – also called Siberian tigers – which roam the Russian Far East in…
A rare glimpse at the elusive saharan cheetah
Research by scientists and conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Zoological Society of London, and other groups published today in PLOS…