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GPS-tracking of chick-rearing puffins reveals causes of population decline
26. March 2021

Reduced availability of key prey forces adult puffins to fly further from their colonies to find food. Meanwhile, their chicks starve at the nests.

Scandinavian and Finnish brown bears not isolated as previously assumed
18. March 2021

The Scandinavian and Finnish brown bear populations are among the largest in Europe but were until recently separated. A new study by Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish researchers demonstrates that connectivity has been restored with decent exchange of individuals and genes between countries.

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