Even leopards get stressed sometimes.
AB Webster
A new way for leopard biologists to monitor this elusive and iconic species has been developed.
Black tip sharks swim with tropical fish in a lagoon in French Polynesia.
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When humans have conflicts with wildlife, the first reaction is often to cull them. But there’s little evidence to show that it works, and removing predators can even backfire and make things worse.
Like many migratory songbirds, tree swallows are experiencing population declines in parts of their breeding range.
Julia Baak
Effective conservation of migratory songbirds requires an understanding of how populations are connected between seasons. The challenge is being able to track individuals throughout the entire year.
Whoosa vicious helpful predator? You are! Yes you are!
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Dingoes increase cattle yields, mountain lions reduce car crashes and vultures eat organic waste: like them or not, predators help humans.
A boobook enjoys its vantage point, courtesy of humans.
Simon Cherriman
From falcons that hunt by the light of skyscrapers, to bears that sit in wait at weirs, animals are using human structures to help them catch a meal.
“Hello there, handsome…”
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Beneath their beautiful, flashing facade some female fireflies are ruthless predators.
What goes in must come out.
Sugiura & Sato, Kobe University
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
Morne Hardenberg
Interactions between sharks and humans happen in a variety of places. That means reducing conflict needs different interventions.
White sharks’ ability to stay warm in cold water makes them efficient long-range hunters.
Denice Askebrink
Fatal shark bites are very rare. But the stats do suggest that the likelihood of an attack proving fatal is higher in Australia - probably because our waters are home to the “big three” dangerous species.
A tank can give a good idea of what will happen out in the wild.
A new study suggests the benefits of a boost to marine plant growth from increased carbon dioxide will be cancelled out by the increased stress to fish species.
Just what the doctor ordered - more cane toads.
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It sounds weird, but releasing small cane toads ahead of the main invasion front can help predators learn to avoid the biggest, most toxic ones. Here’s exactly how it works.
Dingoes play an important role in our ecosystems.
Angus Emmott
Wild dog attacks on livestock are devastating, but bounties and culling aren’t the answer.
Feral cats are a major driver of global biodiversity loss, contributing to 26% of bird, mammal and reptile extinctions.
T Doherty
Cats, rats, foxes and other mammal predators have been implicated in 60% of the world’s animals extinctions.
The ‘Musketeers’ pictured here were stars of a recent National Geographic documentary.
Sian Sullivan
Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia.
Female dingo in Oxley Wild Rivers NP, New South Wales.
Guy Ballard
Dingoes are being used to kill feral goats in Queensland, but is this just another form of cruelty?
Fleas get a free ride - and there’s not much in it for the dog.
Kristian Niemi/Flickr
Do you know your parasites from your gut commensals? Read this and you will.
Predators like the cougar can spread seeds from consuming birds which eat the seeds.
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Carnivorous predators play an important, and until now unknown, role in preserving plant populations in the territories they inhabit.
The mane event.
Varun Aditya
Forget fences and international agreements. This five-year study in the Serengeti has found the way forward.
The reintroduction of lions and hyena has led animals in South Africa’s Addo Elephant National Park to behave differently.
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Kudu and buffalo altered their activity when lions and spotted hyena were reintroduced into the areas where these species lived.
Puff adders can become motionless and scentless to avoid detection by those preying on them.
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Puff adders have developed impressive techniques to avoid being detected by predators.