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City and Highway Lights Threaten Mountain Lion Habitats

  • by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News
  • November 06, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
A study from the University of California, Davis, found that mountain lions avoid places with artificial light, even during the day.
orca tossing porpoise

Why Are Killer Whales Harassing and Killing Porpoises Without Eating Them?

  • by Justin Cox, SeaDoc Society
  • September 28, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them — a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists.
Mountain lion P-22

Final Necropsy Findings for Beloved Mountain Lion P-22

  • by Trina J Wood
  • June 14, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
A final postmortem examination and lab tests were released for P-22, LA's famous mountain lion.
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Study Predicts Poor Survival Rates if Ebola Infects Endangered Mountain Gorillas

  • by Amy Bond
  • May 01, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
If infected with the Ebola virus, less than 20% of endangered mountain gorillas living in Africa’s Virunga Massif region would be expected to survive more than 100 days past the first confirmed case.
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Lisa, the Oakland Zoo Elephant, Continues to Teach After Death

  • by Trina J Wood
  • April 06, 2023
  • News & Events
  • Environment/Wildlife
Lisa, the Oakland Zoo’s 46-year-old African elephant, was brought to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for a necropsy after being humanely euthanized last week after years of chronic and degenerative health issues.
sea otter in Moss Landing

Sea Otters Killed by Unusual Parasite Strain

  • by UC Davis News
  • March 24, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
Four sea otters that stranded in California died from an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, according to a study from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and UC Davis.
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Heavy Necking: New Insights Into the Sex Life of Giraffes

  • by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News
  • February 15, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
  • Research
A study from the University of California, Davis, provides new insight into the unique sex life of giraffes, their reproductive behavior, and how their anatomy supports that behavior.
mountain lion

Mountain Lion Mortality Maps Show Rough Road for Cougars

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • February 02, 2023
  • Environment/Wildlife
Mountain lion mortality maps from UC Davis show that many cougars suffer similar fates as P-22 along California’s roads and highways.
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The Critical Relationship Between Wildlife Health and Conservation

  • by Trina J Wood
  • October 17, 2022
  • Environment/Wildlife
A new perspective article from co-authors at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and Cornell University highlight the critical relationship between wildlife health and conservation.
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Endangered Amargosa Voles Begin to Repopulate Desert Habitat

  • by Kirsten Macintyre, CDFW
  • September 07, 2022
  • Environment/Wildlife
Seven years of carefully planned habitat restoration on private land in the Mojave Desert have yielded hope for the persistence of the endangered Amargosa vole.
Myanmar_Bumblebee Bat

Novel Coronaviruses Are Riskiest for Spillover

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 25, 2022
  • Research
  • Environment/Wildlife
Scientists from the University of California, Davis created network-based models to prioritize novel and known viruses for their risk of zoonotic transmission, which is when infectious diseases pass between animals and humans.
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COVID-19 in Animals: What to Fear and What to Learn

  • by IEEE Pulse
  • July 11, 2022
  • Research
  • Environment/Wildlife
While COVID-19 has been racing through much of the human population, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has also turned up in other mammals. This leads to many questions.
Dr. Lisa Tell, professor of avian medicine at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, attempts to catch a hummingbird to record its size and fit it with a numbered band while working at the private residence of UC Davis Professor Emeritus Manfred Kusch.

California loves its hummingbirds. But climate dangers loom

  • by Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle
  • June 23, 2022
  • Avian and Exotics
  • Environment/Wildlife

Zooming from flower to flower in a flash of iridescent green and fuchsia pink, the Anna’s hummingbird seems to be one of California’s wildlife success stories. Native to Southern California, the tiny fliers are now common throughout the state and seen on snowy branches in Alaska and cacti in Arizona.

red-tailed hawk

California Raptor Center Open House May 7

  • by Trina J Wood
  • May 05, 2022
  • Environment/Wildlife
The California Raptor Center will be hosting its first in-person open house in nearly three years on Saturday May 7th from 9am-12pm.
Dr. Jamie Peyton working on mountain lion

Saving Our Wildlife

  • by Judy Farah
  • March 01, 2022
  • Environment/Wildlife
Comstock's magazine features the lifesaving work of the Wildlife Disaster Network.

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