One of the main threats facing wildlife in the modern world is the breaking up of their habitats. Now, for the first time ever, researchers have been able to create a detailed picture of exactly how ...

Turtles and tortoises, though sharing ancient ancestry and a protective shell, exhibit significant differences in habitat, ...

This study tests two predictions about habitat use by the small mammal species of Assateague Island, the largest of the Virginia barrier islands: (1) habitat segregation between species should be ...

Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL ...

The habitat fragmentation has now been successfully measured for over 4,000 species of land-dwelling mammals. Scientists discovered that species with more habitat fragmentation are at greater risk of ...

Determining habitat associations of small mammal species and environmental characteristics important for site occupancy are central to understanding species biology and community organization. Most ...