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The how and the when of dog domestication are fairly settled. As for the where: now DNA says Fido traces his roots back to wolves in Central Asia that lingered around people’s camps millennia ago.
With humans providing lots of easy leftover food, wolves had a great incentive to ‘self-domesticate’.
In a rare conservation success story, research has shown that numbers of wild large carnivores in the continent have been steadily increasing and a third of the European mainland now has at least one kind…
Wolves, lions and other large carnivores rely on meat for sustenance and there are only so many wild animals to go round. Sometimes, dinner means cow or sheep. Farmers can use guard dogs or protective…
Red wolves were one of the first carnivores Europeans encountered in North America. Unfortunately, this meant red wolves were also one of the first to be exterminated. Fuelled by fear and superstition…
Europe, the world’s most industrialised and intensively managed continent, is going wild. During the past three decades it has witnessed conservation successes with the most unexpected species: Europe…
The ominous howl of the wolf has long been a source of fear and fascination for mankind. But new research shows they are not so different from people – for every wolf has its own distinct voice. By recording…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York
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Associate Professor, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey and Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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