CORVALLIS, Ore. – (KTVZ) -- The recovery of the fisher, a charismatic, long-tailed forest carnivore, will likely be hindered by the increasing frequency and intensity of future wildfires, new research ...

Scientists found scat sniffing dogs might be the best way to confirm the presence of rare carnivores in forested areas like the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Scientists at the U.S. Forest Service ...

Forest carnivores exhibit intricate patterns of habitat selection and resource use driven by the interplay of forest structure, prey availability, behavioural state and human modification of ...

Every winter, biologists trek into remote reaches of western states to survey and study rare forest carnivores like wolverines, Canada lynx and fishers in an effort to learn about populations and ...

Researchers at Oregon State University have collected new data about an elusive forest carnivore “renowned for its cuteness” that was nearly driven to extinction in the 20th century. The coastal ...

You can tell that the fisher is a tough customer by its diet. The furry forest carnivore with a long bushy tail is known for its rare ability to eat porcupines. “The fisher's ability to descend trees ...

CONDON – A compact disc dangling from the branch of a lodgepole pine catches the morning sunlight and mimics the flash of a snowshoe hare, while the hindquarters of a road-kill deer wired to a nearby ...

Researchers enlisted dog sniffing power to locate the scat of five threatened carnivores across an increasingly fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape and identified the animals’ species through genetic ...

The recovery of the fisher, a charismatic, long-tailed forest carnivore, will likely be hindered by the increasing frequency and intensity of future wildfires, new research indicates. The recovery of ...

McShea, William J. 2005. "Forest Ecosystems without Carnivores: When ungulates rule the world." In Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity. Ray, J. C ...