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A fox roams the deserted town of Pripyat, three kilometres from the Chornobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, in 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Russian capture of Ukraine’s Chornobyl nuclear plant threatens future research on radioactivity and wildlife

Carmel Mothersill, McMaster University

Heavy military vehicles may have kicked up radioactive soil around Chornobyl, and with fighting nearby there’s a danger of harming the concrete shelter containing the radiation of the leaking reactor.
White-tailed deer are one of the few wild species that scientists have found to be infected with the coronavirus – at least so far. Andrew C/WikimediaCommons

Deer, mink and hyenas have caught COVID-19 – animal virologists explain how to find the coronavirus in animals and why humans need to worry

Sue VandeWoude, Colorado State University; Angela Bosco-Lauth, Colorado State University, and Christie Mayo, Colorado State University

Scientists have been testing captive and wild animals for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Only a few wild species are known to carry the virus, but many more have been shown to be susceptible.
As the pandemic winds down, continual surveillance of wild animals is vital to ensure that it doesn’t switch to another sphere of life. Kamil Martinovsky/ shutterstock

COVID infection of three lions and a puma in private South African zoo points to need for wider surveillance

Adriano Mendes, University of Pretoria; Amy Strydom, German Federal Institute of Risk Assessment; Katja Koeppel, University of Pretoria, and Marietjie Venter, University of Pretoria

A growing body of research shows that COVID-19 protocols should be extended to areas in which there is a human-animal interface such as zoos, wildlife sanctuaries and game farms.
The only species of Australian bird which remains unphotographed. This is one of the most accurate illustrations of the species.  John Keulemans published in Gregory Mathews ‘The Birds of Australia’ 1911

Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved

Patrick Webster, The University of Queensland

It may not be extinct, but our research suggests the buff-breasted button-quail may only be hanging on by a thread, at best.
A Bohemian waxwing eating mountain ash berries. Lisa Hupp, USFWS/Flickr

With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

Evan Fricke, Rice University; Alejandro Ordonez, Aarhus University; Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University, and Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University

Forests around the world will need to shift their ranges to adapt to climate change. But many trees and plants rely on animals to spread their seeds widely, and those partners are declining.
Monjon, a small, native mammal in the tropical savanna under threat from fire. David Bettini

Photos from the field: leaving habitats unburnt for longer could help save little mammals in northern Australia

Ben Corey, Charles Darwin University; Ian Radford, Charles Darwin University, and Leigh-Ann Woolley, Charles Darwin University

Northern Australia’s tropical savanna is one of the most fire-prone regions on the planet. We need to change the way we manage fires so we can help native wildlife come back from the brink.

Related Topics

  1. Animals
  2. Biodiversity
  3. Birds
  4. Climate change
  5. Conservation
  6. Ecology
  7. Ecosystems
  8. Endangered species
  9. Human-wildlife conflict
  10. Wildlife conservation

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