Wildlife article list

When brown bears eat cicada larvae, tree growth decreases, research conducted by Kochi University and the University of Tokyo

 Assistant Professor Mikiji Tomita of Kochi University and Professor Tsutomu Hiura of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo found that digging by brown bears reduced tree growth on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido.

Characteristics of the Nara Park deer population, such as long-term isolation and genetic uniqueness, are changing.

 A joint research group from Fukushima University, Nara University of Education, and Yamagata University used DNA analysis to investigate the kinship of deer in Nara City, and to determine the origins of the deer in the management area.

Hokkaido University and National Institute for Environmental Studies successfully develop a model to predict acorn production

 Special Researcher Weg Rea of ​​the National Institute for Environmental Studies and Associate Professor Tomomichi Kato of the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Agriculture have studied the production of acorns produced by Fagaceae trees […]

Succeeded in photographing the eating habits of wild bears from the perspective of a bear, such as Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

 An international joint research team consisting of researchers from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, the University of Illinois in the United States, Tokyo University of Agriculture, etc. has developed a collar equipped with a video camera […]

Changes in foraging behavior of raccoon dogs and badgers before and after COVID-XNUMX Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology/University of Illinois

 An international joint research team consisting of Shigeru Osugi (doctoral research student) at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School and the University of Illinois in the United States has announced that the new coronavirus […]

Miyako Kana Snake was familiar until the 70s, and a paper by Miyako High School Science Department was published in an academic journal.

 The research results of Miyako Kana Snake (2019) by the Faculty of Science of Okinawa Prefectural Miyako High School were accepted and published in the journal of the Okinawa Biology Society (No. 60) […]

Azabu University opens research base for wild animals and plants in Misato Town, Shimane Prefecture

 Azabu University will establish a new "Fieldwork Center" in Misato Town, Shimane Prefecture, and will start operation in April 2021.Life cycle at the center […]

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary and biome start wildlife traffic accident investigation using app

 BIOME Inc. and Hironobu Asari, a specially appointed lecturer at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, jointly launched the biome collection app "Biome *" […]

Gorilla and people approach each other, "likes" dangerous video Concerns about negative impact on conservation Kyoto University

 In the research group of Ryoma Otsuka, a graduate student of the Graduate School of Asia and Africa, Kyoto University, and Professor Koto Yamakoshi, people and gorillas are close to each other […]