Wildlife Workers Dress Up to Care for Orphaned Fox
VOA Learning English • voa
March 14, 2024 • ~4 min

Wild animals that survive limb loss are astonishing – and a sign of the havoc humans are wreaking on nature

When wild animals survive the initial trauma, blood loss and infection risk without medical help, it’s astonishing that they can adapt to life with three limbs.

Tara Pirie, Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation, University of Surrey • conversation
Oct. 25, 2023 • ~7 min

The first dog-fox hybrid points to the growing risk to wild animals of domestic species

Scientists had thought a ‘dogxim’ was impossible until one was discovered in Brazil

Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~7 min

Why not all urban foxes deserve their 'bin-raiding' reputation

Research shows urban foxes may not be getting more cunning, as people believe.

Kristy Adaway, PhD Candidate in Animal Psychology , University of Hull • conversation
Sept. 4, 2023 • ~5 min

Animal architecture: why we need to design buildings for wildlife as well as people

Our lives are intertwined with animals, insects and birds – we should consider them more when we design our cities.

Paul Dobraszczyk, Lecturer in Architecture, UCL • conversation
March 2, 2023 • ~6 min

Hikers may create ‘landscape of fear’ for animals

Even hikers, not hunters, prompt many animals to find new ground in Glacier National Park, research indicates.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
Jan. 19, 2023 • ~6 min

Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss

Polar bears and wolves may get the glory, but small predators like weasels, foxes and their cousins play outsized ecological roles. And many of these species are declining fast.

David Jachowski, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Clemson University • conversation
Dec. 5, 2022 • ~8 min

Women get fewer chances to speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to an AI-powered, large-scale analysis of interruptions

An analysis of hundreds of thousands of interactions on cable news programs shows that women interrupt more often than men – and it may be because they also have to fight for equal airtime.

Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~5 min

Don't be too quick to blame social media for America's polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.

Homa Hosseinmardi, Associate Research Scientist in Computational Social Science, University of Pennsylvania • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 • ~7 min

Tree climbing may save gray foxes from coyotes

The ability of the gray fox to climb trees may offer a way for it coexist with coyotes, but preserving tree cover is key.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
March 22, 2022 • ~8 min

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