The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) is a keystone species in savanna ecosystems
from southern to eastern Africa, and is well known for its spectacular migrations and locally …

Background Development of large single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays can make
genomic data promptly available for conservation problematic. Medium and high-density …

Background Several migratory ungulates, including caribou, are dramatically declining.
Caribou of the Barren-ground ecotype, which forms its own subspecies, are known to be …

Conservation breeding programs are increasingly used as recovery actions for wild animals;
bringing founders into captivity to rear captive populations for future reintroduction into the …

Within-species, biodiversity can be organized in units, ranging from subspecies to
evolutionarily significant units (ESUs), populations and social groups. To define ESUs …

Better knowledge of genetic relationships between the Fortymile caribou herd and its
neighbors is needed for conservation decision-making in Canada. Here, we contribute the …

Abstract Evidence from the Levantine Late Lower Paleolithic sites of Jaljulia and Qesem
Cave suggests that Quina scrapers, an innovation in a category of tools used mostly for …

Human-induced environmental change is one of the biggest threats to global biological
diversity, and the resulting environmental conditions have made it increasingly difficult for …

Animal migrations are some of the most ubiquitous and one of the most threatened
ecological processes globally. A wide range of migratory behaviours occur in nature, and …