Frontiers in Mammal Science | Life History and Conservation

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 02 Jul 2025

Exposure of free-living Lontra longicaudis (Neotropical otter) to domestic carnivores and their associated pathogens in a protected area in Brazil

in Life History and Conservation

Greice Zorzato Gonchoroski
Jose Reck
Lauren Santos Mello
Vinicius Proença Silveira
Vagner Ricardo Lunge
Caroline Leuchtenberger
Thales Renato Ochotorena De Freitas

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1634247

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Original Research

Accepted on 30 Jun 2025

North American river otters consume diverse prey and parasites in a subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay

in Life History and Conservation

Calli M Wise
Thomas Serfass
Emma Palmer
Leone Yisrael
Karson Burton-Reeder
Katrina Marie Pagenkopp Lohan

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1620318

Original Research

Accepted on 24 Jun 2025

Parasite populations of river otter and mink in Western Canada and first report of the zoonotic trematode Alaria mustelae in river otter in

in Life History and Conservation

Kyle M Shanebeck
Melissa Todd
Philippe J Thomas
Stephen Raverty
Stephanie Green
Clement Lagrue

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1498904

Original Research

Published on 06 Dec 2024

Riparian habitat quality and seasonality drives spatiotemporal habitat ecology of sympatric Asian otters in southern Western Ghats

in Life History and Conservation

Ankit Moun
Tharmalingam Ramesh
Riddhika Kalle

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1504722

1,300 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jul 2024

Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata) abundance estimates in Maui Nui, Hawaiʻi reveal small population in need of monitoring

in Life History and Conservation

Shannon M. Barber-Meyer
Grace L. Olson
Jens J. Currie

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1412415

1,416 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Dec 2023

Accelerometry reveals nocturnal biphasic sleep behavior in wild giraffe

in Life History and Conservation

Anna Lena Burger-Schulz
Eric Thiel
Julian Fennessy
Stephanie Fennessy
Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2023.1243883

2,308 views
1 citation

Perspective

Published on 09 Oct 2023

Tool use, or not tool use, that is the question: is the necessity hypothesis really inconsequential for the African great apes?

in Life History and Conservation

Shelly Masi

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2023.1281030

2,184 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 07 Jul 2023

Eastern High Arctic–Baffin Bay beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) estuary abundance and use from space

in Life History and Conservation

Cortney A. Watt
Cody G. Carlyle
Claire A. Hornby
Bryanna A. H. Sherbo

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2023.1208276

1,839 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Jun 2023

Oxytocin administration is a potential tool for behavioral management in felids

in Life History and Conservation

Jessica C. Burkhart
Sarah R. Heilbronner
Craig Packer

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2023.1148214

2,349 views

Specialty Grand Challenge

Published on 05 May 2023

Towards a better understanding of life history strategies and the implications of habitat destruction on future mammal conservation

in Life History and Conservation

Nigel C. Bennett

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2023.1182856

1,804 views
1 citation