Our California Carnivores Program team recently captured and collared mountain lion F417, a beautiful and healthy young female. The data collected from her GPS collar will provide valuable spatial data on mountain lion connectivity in a critical area of the Tehachapi mountain range. This work is made possible with grant support from the Wildlife Conservation Network and permitting support from California Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Dr. Jane Riner developed strong interests in wildlife health through working with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Wildlife Health Laboratory and Foley Laboratory in Infectious Disease Ecology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where she witnessed the value of medicine, research, policy, and collaboration with other organizations to meet the needs of wild species.
This past weekend our California Carnivores team captured and collared a young adult male mountain lion in the Gabilan Range who was initially reported for depredating on goats.
For the past four years, our Latin America Program director Dr. Marcy Uhart participated in beach surveys and provided training workshops on necropsy procedures, all contributing to a recent publication on sea turtle strandings in Argentina.
Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of their home. The primate’s endearing love song helped scientists confirm what was formerly a strong hunch: Myanmar has the largest population of endangered Skywalker gibbons on Earth.
Our California Carnivore Project (formerly California Mountain Lion Project) team has some sad news to share: F312, a female GPS collared mountain lion that was nicknamed "Uno" by southern California photographers, died last night after being struck by a vehicle. Valiant efforts to save her life were undertaken by local veterinarian Dr.
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.
Fernando joined our team a few months ago as the Co-Director of our California Carnivore Project, bringing with him an extensive expertise in carnivore veterinary medicine and conservation management. Fernando completed his veterinary medicine degree at the Complutense University of Madrid, and after graduation worked in private practices, zoological institutions, and wildlife rehabilitation centers in different countries. He also completed an internship in Zoological, Exotic and Wildlife Medicine at the Oklahoma State University.
As Los Angeles prepares to celebrate the life of beloved mountain lion P-22 this weekend, mountain lion mortality maps from the University of California, Davis, show that many cougars suffer similar fates along California’s roads and highways.
Check out this interview with Winston Vickers, current project lead for our California Mountain Lion Project and Dr. Jessica Sanchez, a postdoctoral fellow at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
New collaboration looks to understand wild penguin diets to protect food sources and prepare for climate impacts
Members of Shedd Aquarium’s animal care team recently returned from South America, where they monitored a wild Magellanic penguin colony and collected guano samples for future analysis. The samples will help reveal the diets of these animals, which live in a variable and unpredictable zone in terms of food resources, to ensure their prey are identified and protected.
Scientists Rule Out Human Herpesvirus in Endangered Gorillas With Help From Chewed Plants
A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable’s fibrous threads through its teeth, extracting the fleshy, juicy bits, then drops the chewed stalk on the ground and ambles away.
*Update as of Tuesday, October 11: An additional 12 whales have been found dead, bringing the total count to 30 whales (26 adults and 4 juveniles) for this event. More info here.
