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CSIC researchers detect great variation in inbreeding within the Iberian wolf population

The work suggests that Iberian wolf population in the Peninsula is fragmented and points out the need of favour connectivity to guarantee gene flow

The researchers found the highest...

Study analyzes the effect of roads, fences and passages on wildlife connectivity in a protected area

Researchers at the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC analyzed the combined effect of multiple linear infrastructures which represent a barrier to movement for fauna in Doñana. Connectivy was...

The amazing nomadic lifestyle of the short-eared owl

Travel far, breed abundantly and die young... Although it may sound like a hedonistic and rock-n-roll lifestyle, a new international study has revealed that this is how short-eared owls live

Iberian lynx hybridized with Eurasian lynx over the last few thousand years

A study led by the Doñana Biological Station has concluded that the Iberian lynx would have more genetic diversity now than 4000 thousand years ago thanks to the genetic exchange with the Eurasian...