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Ice Age wolf DNA reveals dogs trace ancestry to two separate wolf populations

An international group of geneticists and archaeologists, led by the Francis Crick Institute, have found that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves. The...

Researchers show that a tropical montane mammal breaks ecological rules

A scientific team from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has looked at the variation in body size, appendage lengths, and other morphological traits across elevation and time in the...

A new study reviews the biodiversity of the 16th century in Spain

A team from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has reviewed a exhaustive standardized historical survey (Relaciones Topográficas de Felipe II) with the goal of knowing which species...

The aquatic fauna that arrived at a wish of a king

A study by Miguel Clavero, a researcher at the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC, reconstructs the history of the first introductions of pike, common carp, tench and Italian crayfish into...

The Iberian hare population increases in Doñana after the decline of the European rabbit

Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial...