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Cover | Urban Wildlife Special Issue
This cover features a stoat (Mustela erminea) peeping out from a gully cover in a village in southern Germany, offering a glimpse of wildlife in an urban environment. It highlights the Special Issue ‘Urban Wildlife’. Photo by Ilse Storch.
Cover | 450 Hours Above the Wild
In this cover, a fixed-wing, solar-electric small uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) is showcased, which was used to monitor wildlife.
Cover | Przewalski's Horse: A Conservation Success with a Genetic Cost
The newborn foal Snowflake Princess, born on January 30, 2021, was the first foal born in winter in the breeding center’s 40-year history. Unlike foals born during the normal breeding season, she required intensive care and veterinary assistance. Photo by Qing Cao
Cover | Red Deer in a Warming Caspian
As an endangered subspecies in Iran, the Caspian red deer faces increasing pressure from poaching, climate change, habitat fragmentation, and restricted access to suitable refuges, underscoring the urgent need for effective conservation.
Editor’s Choice | Citizen Science Reveals Hidden Migration Timelines
The editor’s choice for our May issue is “Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species” by Mckinlay et al.
Study | Counting deer from the sky: drones in steep terrain
For species like red deer (Cervus elaphus), obtaining precise and accurate population estimates is essential. Traditional survey methods often struggle; therefore we explored how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used to estimate absolute population density of red deer in such challenging environments.
Call for Papers | Special issue on grouse ecology
Wildlife Biology Journal invites papers for a special issue for the Grouse Symposium in Hamar, Norway (31 Aug– 4 Sep 2026). You do not have to participate in the symposium to be able to submit a paper.
Cover | Fear Shapes the Forest
A male red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the heterogeneous landscape of Berchtesgaden National Park, its behaviour shaped by hunting pressure and habitat structure. Photo by Rudolph Reiner.
Editor’s Choice | Environmental predictability and mule deer movement
The editor’s choice for our January/February issue is the article by Stranden et al. (2025): “Differential effects of environmental predictability on ungulate movement behavior in disparate ecosystems.”
Cover | How does grassland fragmentation affect secretarybirds?
Habitat fragmentation and drought represent a growing threat to many bird species, particularly within grassy biomes, which are especially sensitive to global change.
New Editor | Sabrina Dressel, subject editor for human dimensions
Sabrina Dressel is an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands) in the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy group, with a background in forestry, wildlife management, and social science.
*Study | The importance of snow cover (and elevation) on nest-box use in an alpine bird
Living at high elevations means having to cope with extreme and unpredictable conditions. It also means that evolution has shaped for you a special relationship with snow.
Call for Papers | Special issue on “Wolves in a Changing World”
The journal hereby invites papers for a special issue, as an outcome of the International Wolf Symposium 2026 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. You do not have to attend the conference in order to submit a paper.
*Editor’s Choice | Ecology of swift foxes in a novel landscape beyond their range
The editor’s choice for November/December 2025 is the article by Smith et al.: “Heading west: Ecology of swift foxes in a novel landscape beyond their range.”
*Cover | Hunter-engaged monitoring of the Eurasian lynx during the reinforcement process
Male Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in a Dinaric forest (Kočevsko, Slovenia). Photo: Lan Hočevar. Read the full open access paper.
Cover | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian diversity
Delia Basanta captured this splendid tree frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer) from Panama, featured on our January-February cover.
*Call for Papers | Special issue for International Moose Symposium
ACTIVE UNTIL 30 DECEMBER 2025: Wildlife Biology is proud to be the official outlet of the International Moose Symposium 2025! We hereby invite papers for a Special Issue.
*Editor’s Choice | Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species
The editor’s choice for July/August 2025 is the article by Eriksen et al.: “Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species”
Cover | Breeding performance of Canarian houbara bustards
This cover illustration by Juan Francisco Rodríguez shows a pair of Canarian houbara bustards, the subject of a breeding study by J.C. Alonso et al.
*Study | Benign, and currently sustainable, forms of shellfish-harvesting in the Bijagós Archipélago, Guinea-Bissau
This study explored shellfishing patterns across different management regimes, assessed seasonal variation in the direct impact of shellfishing on shorebirds, and quantified the indirect impact of sediment disturbance due to shellfishing upon shorebird prey availability.