MISSOULA, Mont. — Chris Hansen conducted a study using trail cameras to track mammal diversity in urban areas. Hansen, a University of Montana Ph.D. graduate, used 178 trail cameras to study how ...

Understanding factors affecting the functional diversity of ecological communities is an important goal for ecologists and conservationists. Previous work has largely been conducted at the community ...

Postdoctoral researcher Chris Hansen installs a trail camera in the high country above Missoula to study the effects of urbanization on mammal diversity. (UM News Service photo) A trail-camera image ...

New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of Mammalogy shows that the number of living mammal species has surged to nearly ...

The update draws on the Mammal Diversity Database, which compiles taxonomic and distribution information about mammals worldwide. Since 2005’s “Mammal Species of the World, Volume 3,” scientists have ...

New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American continent. When trying to understand the ...

With access to a mammoth set of global-scale climate data and a novel strategy, a team from Utah State University identified several factors to help answer a fundamental ecological question: what an ...

Sightings of more than 1 million marine mammals in the federally protected Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and sites along the Atlantic Coast have been used to identify areas ...

A new review in the Journal of Mammalogy reports nearly 6,800 species now recognised globally. The total shows a 25% rise since 2005. The update reflects knowledge improving rather than rapid ...

Scientists estimate that only 10% of all the species on the planet have been described. Among our closest kin, mammals, that number jumps to 80%, but even this well-studied group still holds mysteries ...