• Method development : assigning sex to African clawless otter spraints and assessing stability of faecal androgen and progestagen metabolites post-defaecation 

  Burger, Marli; Webster, Andrea B.; Majelantle, Tshepiso L; Scheun, Juan; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  Monitoring reproductive physiology in wildlife can be a useful tool for assessing population dynamics for conservation and management purposes. Utilizing non-invasive approaches for this, such as quantifying reproductive ...
• An empirical assessment of the role of independence filters in temporal activity analyses using camera trapping data 

  Smith, Kyle (Springer, 2025-02)

  Independence filters are commonly applied to camera trapping data when determining the temporal activity patterns of species or populations. However, recent research challenges the validity of independence filters, stating ...
• Estimating body condition of Apennine brown bears using subjective scoring based on camera trap photographs 

  Lacy, Hannah; De Cuyper, Annelies; Dalerum, Fredrik; Tosoni, Elisabetta; Clauss, Marcus; Ciucci, Paolo; Meloro, Carlo (Springer, 2024-07-10)

  The assessment of animal body condition has important practical and management implications for endangered wildlife populations. The nutritional condition of a population can be evaluated in a non-invasive way using ...
• Novel adaptive immune systems in pristine Antarctic soils 

  Van Goethem, Marc W.; Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Pierneef, Rian; Vikram, Surendra; Hopkins, David W.; Aspray, Thomas; Hall, Grant; Woodborne, Stephan M.; Hogg, Ian; Northen, Trent R.; Kong, Weidong; Daffonchio, Daniele; Cowan, Don A.; Van de Peer, Yves; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter (Nature Portfolio, 2025-01)

  Antarctic environments are dominated by microorganisms, which are vulnerable to viral infection. Although several studies have investigated the phylogenetic repertoire of bacteria and viruses in these poly-extreme environments ...
• Maternal androgens in dominant meerkats (Suricata suricatta) reduce juvenile offspring health and survivorship 

  Smyth-Kabay, Kendra N.; Caruso, Nicholas M.; Stonehill, Alexandra C.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H.; Drea, Christine M. (Wiley, 2024-11)

  In oviparous vertebrates, maternal androgens can alter offspring immune function, particularly early in development, but the potential for negative health effects of maternal androgens in mammals remains unclear. We ...
• Ecology, distribution and habitat suitability analysis of the North African sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti, Macroscelidea, Afrotheria) in Tunisia 

  El-Farhati, Haithem; Pietersen, Darren William; Jaziri, Brahim; Hizem, Mohamed Wassim; Nouira, Said (De Gruyter, 2025-01)

  The North African sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti syn. Elephantulus rozeti) is a small mammal endemic to the Maghreb area, and is one of the least studied mammals in North Africa. Little is known about its status, habitat ...
• Oxidative stress in an African ground squirrel, a case of healthy aging and reproduction 

  Jacobs, Paul Juan; Vos, Sjoerd; Bishop, Chelsea E.; Hart, Daniel William; Bennett, Nigel C.; Waterman, Jane M. (MDPI, 2024-11)

  Oxidative stress plays a crucial role in mediating life-history processes, where it can compromise survival and reproduction through harmful alterations to DNA, lipids, and proteins. In this study, we investigated oxidative ...
• Heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in an arid-zone elephant shrew 

  Chalwin‑Milton, Olivia J.B.; Freeman, Marc Trevor; McKechnie, Andrew E. (Springer, 2024-10)

  Endotherms vary widely in their capacity to defend sublethal body temperature (Tb) during acute heat exposure. Interspecific variation in the upper thermal limits of small mammals remains poorly studied, particularly in ...
• Size is not everything : nuanced effects of female multiple mating and annual litter number on testes size in terrestrial mammals 

  Van der Marel, A.; Warrington, M.H.; Waterman, Jane M. (Wiley, 2024-02)

  Sperm production represents a costly reproductive investment by males. High reproductive competition within the female reproductive tract may select for higher sperm counts or quality resulting in selection for larger ...
• Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats 

  Thorley, Jack; Duncan, Chris; Gaynor, Dave; Manser, Marta B.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Wiley, 2025)

  In arid habitats, recent increases in summer temperatures associated with global warming are adversely affecting many animal populations. However, annual rainfall also varies widely in many of these areas, and we do not ...
• Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Native Americans in northern California regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases 

  Torres, Patricia; Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances; Ritchie, Michelle A.; Gabriel, Mourad W.; Yabsley, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2025-06)

  Reports of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are increasing worldwide, particularly in North America where a diversity of endemic and exotic tick species and pathogens occur. Native American populations have unique outdoor cultural ...
• An annotated checklist of the mammals of the Chimanimani National Park, Mozambique 

  Mamba, Mnqobi L.; Da Conceicao, Ana Gledis; Naskrecki, Piotr; Ngovene, Antonio; Dalton, Desire L.; Russo, Isa-Rita M.; Visser, Fleur; Monadjem, Ara (Pensoft Publishers, 2024-10)

  The Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe harbour diverse and unique flora and fauna. Because of these unique floral characteristics, this region has received considerable attention by botanists. In contrast, ...
• All in the details : a first assessment for the viability of metabarcoding in diet composition analysis of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) 

  O'Connor, Bridget C.; Crossey, Bruce Gareth; Hall, Grant; Ganswindt, Andre; Oosthuizen, Carel Jakobus (Wiley, 2024-11)

  DNA metabarcoding is a contemporary technique in diet composition studies and stands to fill key knowledge gaps left by traditional diet analysis methods. For endangered species such as the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), ...
• Agent-based modelling of southward coastal migration by humpback whale mother-calf pods off eastern Australia 

  De Bie, Jasper; Lee, Serena B.; Meynecke, Jan-Olaf; Seyboth, Elisa; Samanta, Saumik; Vichi, Marcello; Roychoudhury, Alakendra N.; Mackey, Brendan (Wiley, 2025)

  Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae encounter a variety of environmental conditions during seasonal migration between feeding grounds and breeding grounds. Relationships between environmental conditions and migratory ...
• Habitat use strategies of African elephants under different seasonal and ecological constraints 

  Chui, Scott Y.S.; Getz, Wayne M.; Henley, Michelle; Seidel, Dana P.; Keith, Mark; Parrini, Francesca; Karczmarski, Leszek (CSIRO Publishing, 2024-09)

  CONTEXT : Habitat selection is a fundamental process that shapes animal spatial ecology. Species with wide geographic distribution that occupy diverse habitats have to adapt their resource acquisition strategies to maximise ...
• The diverse socioeconomic contributions of wildlife ranching 

  Denner, Candice; Clements, Hayley S.; Child, Matthew F.; De Vos, Alta (Wiley, 2024-07)

  The expansion of wildlife ranching has been broadly linked to conservation benefits, job creation, and economic contributions. However, a more nuanced understanding of the socioeconomic contributions of wildlife ranching ...
• Anthropogenic pressure limits the recovery of a postwar leopard population in central Mozambique 

  Briers-Louw, Willem D.; Kendon, Tamar; Rogan, Matthew S.; Leslie, Alison J.; Almeida, Joao; Gaynor, David; Naude, Vincent N. (Wiley, 2024-05)

  The population size and conservation status of wildlife in post-conflict areas is often uncertain. In Mozambique, decades of armed conflict resulted in largescale wildlife population depletion with limited conservation ...
• Validating enzyme immunoassays for non-invasive reproductive hormone monitoring in Temminck's pangolin 

  Scheun, Juan; Ganswindt, Andre; Jansen, Raymond; Labuschagne, Kim (Oxford University Press, 2024-11)

  Gonadal hormones play a central role in reproductive function and success. As such, quantifying reproductive hormones noninvasively in threatened, vulnerable and endangered wildlife species offers an ideal tool for assessing ...
• Performance of protected areas in conserving African elephants 

  Correa, Roberto J.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Critchlow, Rob; Beale, Colin M.; Geldmann, Jonas; Plumptre, Andrew J. (Wiley, 2024-07)

  Protected areas have been gazetted to protect natural resources and biodiversity, but evaluations of effectiveness rarely include measures of species population change. We compiled annual site-level spending and elephant ...
• Ratting on wildlife crime : training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife 

  Szott, Isabelle D.; Webb, E. Kate; Mshana, Said; Mshigeni, Anthony; Magesa, Walter S.; Iyungu, Alexander; Saidi, Miraji; Van de Laak, Dian; Schneider, Miriam; Dore, Ashleigh; Brebner, Kirsty; Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.; Cox, Christophe; Fast, Cynthia D. (Frontiers Media, 2024-10)

  The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global crime economies, directly threatening species and their habitats, and biodiversity, and indirectly the global climate, and countries’ economies. Syndicates ...

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