As the Anthropocene progresses, increasing numbers of species and populations face the threat of extinction due to widespread habitat loss, climate change, environmental degradation, and other ...

Historic population bottlenecks left cheetahs genetically similar, increasing disease risk and threatening long-term survival ...

(1) Introduction on different applications of molecular tools to answer novel questions in the field of population genetics/genomics of endangered mammals (Mike Bruford, School of Biosciences, Cardiff ...

High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kakapo population is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species. High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō ...

Genetic diversity within many species is declining globally, according to a recently published study. “Any threat that reduces the size of a population, or which causes a larger population to become ...

The western chimpanzees of Guinea are threatened by mining activities. Using a novel genetic approach, researchers have collected information on population size and community structure of the ...

Conservation Biology, Vol. 10, No. 6, Special Issue: Festschrift for Michael E. Soule (Dec., 1996), pp. 1500-1508 (9 pages) Genetic diversity is one of three levels of biological diversity requiring ...

Laura Bertola does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first time. The mother, named Antonia, is a clone of another black-footed ferret, ...

Explore the relationship between wildlife, habitats, and human impacts. Focus on wildlife management, conservation, and policy topics. At Michigan Tech, our master's in wildlife ecology and ...