What if the very actions we take to save an endangered animal are quietly changing its fundamental biology? For the deep-snow mountain caribou of British Columbia, this isn’t just a thought experiment. A new study reveals that a common conservation method, called “maternity penning,” which protects pregnant caribou and their calves from predators, may be … Read more
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