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Newsletter 2021-04-29 Carolyn Cowan [04/29/2021] – Fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos are believed to remain on Earth, and the species faces dire threats due to a low birth rate, habitat loss and fragmentation, and poaching. – A new study finds that, despite its small size, the population retains significant genetic diversity, and likely has the genomic “toolkit” necessary to survive threats like climate change or disease. – The findings are good news for conservationists, but also come with a warning: an analysis of a recently extinct subpopulation revealed that a rapid spike in inbre...

Wolves And Humans Giving A Tough Time To Wyoming’s Mountain Lions Mountain Lion prepares to leap from tree. Image credit: Creativex There was a time when humanity's intrusion into wild landscapes was minimal - the ecological balance was undisturbed, and pumas and wolves both thrived in North America. Human disturbance, especially indiscriminate hunting, however, completely exterminated wolves, an apex predator, from America's oldest national park - the Yellowstone National Park, by the 1920s. Several decades later, an effort was made to correct the 'human error' and manage the rising elk po...