Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Carnivore

  1. Artificial light at night altered caracal movement and foraging
    GPS collar study investigating artificial light at night effects on caracal movement, habitat selection, and foraging behavior across age classes in urban-adjacent landscapes.
  2. Panthers relied heavily on domestic livestock in winter and summer
    Scatological analysis of Indian leopard diet in Aravalli Hills reveals seasonal hunting patterns and increased domestic livestock predation, indicating prey-base depletion in fragmented landscapes.
  3. Poison traces found on 60,000-year-old Southern African microliths
    Microchemical biomolecular analyses detected Amaryllidaceae alkaloids on backed microliths from Umhlatuzana, providing direct evidence of Boophone-derived arrow poisons at ~60 ka.