• A field-friendly alternative to freeze-drying faeces for glucocorticoid metabolite quantification in animals of different feeding classes 

  Osburn, Kayla Rae; Crossey, Bruce Gareth; Majelantle, Tshepiso Lesedi; Ganswindt, Andre (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  Monitoring stress-related faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations is a reliable, popular and established approach for understanding wildlife responses to perceived stressors. To maintain fGCM integrity ...
• First record of gastrointestinal parasites of African otters 

  Somers, Michael J.; Loggenberg, Jancke L.; McIntyre, Trevor (IUCN Otter Specialist Group, 2024-06)

  Parasites are found in many mammalian species, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. They can spread from one species to another and cause severe diseases in some species. Parasite spread is especially important ...
• Seasonal effects on the fecal microbial composition of wild greater thick-tailed galagos (Otolemur crassicaudatus) 

  Long, Channen; Scheun, Juan; Sauther, Michelle Linda; Cuozzo, F.P.; Millette, James; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan (Springer, 2024-12)

  Bacterial communities present in the host digestive tract are important for the breakdown and absorption of nutrients required by the host. Changes in diet and the environment are major factors affecting the composition ...
• Introduction to the special issue on What they do in the shadows : new perspectives on Africa’s nocturnal bushbabies 

  Cuozzo, F.P.; Sauther, Michelle; Pozzi, Luca; Dalton, John K. (Springer, 2024-12-11)

  Among continental Africa’s endemic primates, the bushbabies or galagos (family Galagidae, or Galonigidae, Groves, 2001) have been described as the most successful radiation of strepsirrhine primates in terms of species ...
• The value of social media wildlife sightings for elusive species monitoring : a population assessment of servals in a South African urban nature reserve 

  Smith, Kyle; Somers, Michael J. (Springer, 2025-02)

  Data sourced from social media platforms is an underutilised resource for wildlife research, especially in studying enigmatic species. This study evaluates the potential of such data to provide population and behavioural ...
• The power of caring touch : from survival to prosocial cooperation 

  Griesser, Michael; Bennett, Nigel C.; Burkart, Judith M.; Hart, Daniel William; Uomini, Natalie; Warrington, Miyako H. (Elsevier, 2025)

  Cooperation is a pivotal biological phenomenon that occurs in diverse forms. In species that engage in helping, individuals vary in the time they spend together and the degree of their physical proximity, which affects the ...
• How can overlooking social interactions, space familiarity or other invisible landscapes shaping animal movement bias habitat selection estimations and species distribution predictions? 

  Dejeante, Romain; Lemaire-Patin, Remi; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon (Wiley, 2025-01)

  Species' future distributions are commonly predicted using models that link the likelihood of occurrence of individuals to the environment. Although animals' movements are influenced by physical and non-physical landscapes, ...
• Environmental conditions modulate warming effects on plant litter decomposition globally 

  Schwieger, Sarah; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Bon, Matteo Petit; Vandvik, Vigdis; Le Roux, Elizabeth; Strack, Maria; Yan, Yang; Venn, Susanna; Van den Hoogen, Johan; Valino, Fernando; Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Te Beest, Mariska; Suzuki, Satoshi; Petraglia, Alessandro; Myers-Smith, Isla H.; Munir, Tariq Muhammad; Michelsen, Anders; Lokken, Jorn Olav; Qi, Li; Koike, Takayoshi; Klanderud, Kari; Karr, Ellen Haakonsen; Jonsdottir, Ingibjoerg Svala; Hollister, Robert D.; Hofgaard, Annika; Hassan, Ibrahim A.; Wang, Genxu; Filippova, Nina; Crowther, Thomas W.; Clark, Karin; Christiansen, Casper T.; Casanova-Katny, Angelica; Carbognani, Michele; Bokhorst, Stef; Bjornsdottir, Katrin; Asplund, Johan; Althuizen, Inge; Alonso, Rocio; Alatalo, Juha M.; Agathokleous, Evgenios; Aerts, Rien; Sarneel, Judith M. (Wiley, 2025-01)

  Empirical studies worldwide show that warming has variable effects on plant litter decomposition, leaving the overall impact of climate change on decomposition uncertain. We conducted a meta-analysis of 109 experimental ...
• The challenge of attaining conservation outcomes in a complex system : agency personnel’s and academic researchers’ perspectives on the wicked problem of the exotic pet trade 

  Pratt, Elizabeth N.; Lockwood, Julie L.; King, Elizabeth G.; Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances (Pensoft Publishers, 2025-02)

  The exotic pet trade is a wicked problem involving economic, social, political, ethical, and environmental dimensions, which cannot be resolved using conventional management strategies that are informed by restricted ...
• Uncovering the diversity of bats in the Mbam Minkom Massif, Cameroon : insights into the importance of tropical inselbergs 

  Grunwald, Amanda L.; Demos, Terrence C.; Atagana, Patrick J.; Volk, Courtney M.; Monadjem, Ara; Meyo Okono, Franck P.; Ngueagni, Yvette; Travis Merrill, R.; Bevers, Ian; Armstrong, Katie D.; Kilber, Elena E.; Talla, Arnaud; Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo; Patterson, Bruce D.; Ballhorn, Daniel J.; Ruedas, Luis A. (Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, 2025-02)

  We report the results of two expeditions (2019 and 2022) to the Mbam Minkom Massif (Centre Region, Cameroon), focused on an assessment of the montane area's bat fauna. We describe bat species' richness and highlight the ...
• Odour information enables patch choice by mammalian herbivores from afar, leading to predictable plant associational effects 

  Finnerty, Patrick B.; Shrader, A.M. (Adrian); Banks, Peter; Schmitt, Melissa H.; McArthur, Clare (British Ecological Society, 2024-11)

  Neighbouring plants can alter the susceptibility of high-quality focal plants to herbivores by affecting herbivore patch choice. Herbivores can use plant odour to make patch-scale foraging decisions from afar, but the ...
• Olfactory misinformation provides refuge to palatable plants from mammalian browsing 

  Finnerty, Patrick B.; Possell, Malcolm; Banks, Peter; Orlando, Cristian Gabriel; Price, Catherine J.; Shrader, A.M. (Adrian); McArthur, Clare (Nature Research, 2024-04)

  Mammalian herbivores browse palatable plants of ecological and economical value. Undesirable neighbours can reduce browsing to these plants by providing ‘associational refuge’, but they can also compete for resources. ...
• Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground low-oxygen lifestyles 

  Faulkes, Christopher G.; Eykyn, Thomas R.; Miljkovic, Jan Lj.; Gilbert, James D.; Charles, Rebecca L.; Prag, Hiran A.; Patel, Nikayla; Hart, Daniel William; Murphy, Michael P.; Bennett, Nigel C., 1961-; Aksentijevic, Dunja (Nature Research, 2024-03-27)

  The naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber is a eusocial mammal exhibiting extreme longevity (37-year lifespan), extraordinary resistance to hypoxia and absence of cardiovascular disease. To identify the mechanisms behind ...
• A genomic basis of vocal rhythm in birds 

  Sebastianelli, Matteo; Lukhele, Sifiso M.; Secomandi, Simona; De Souza, Stacey G.; Haase, Bettina; Moysi, Michaella; Nikiforou, Christos; Hutfluss, Alexander; Mountcastle, Jacquelyn; Balacco, Jennifer; Pelan, Sarah; Chow, William; Fedrigo, Olivier; Downs, Colleen T.; Monadjem, Ara; Dingemanse, Niels J.; Jarvis, Erich D.; Brelsford, Alan; Von Holdt, Bridgett M.; Kirschel, Alexander N.G. (Nature Research, 2024-04-23)

  Vocal rhythm plays a fundamental role in sexual selection and species recognition in birds, but little is known of its genetic basis due to the confounding effect of vocal learning in model systems. Uncovering its genetic ...
• 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 ...

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