Rabies is an ancient viral disease that significantly impacts human and animal health
throughout the world. In the developing parts of the world, dog bites represent the highest …

Highlights•Frequency of mass mortality events (MMEs) is increasing globally.•Impacts of
such events on the environment are not known.•Saprophagous invertebrate communities …

Scavenging, or the consumption of dead animal matter, has been documented for a wide
array of vertebrate taxa by naturalists and researchers for centuries. Yet, until recently, the …

Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are routinely translocated both legally and illegally to mitigate
conflicts with humans, which has contributed to the spread of rabies virus across eastern …

Different animal species have been used as proxies for human remains in decomposition
studies for decades, although few studies have sought to validate their use in research …

Population genetic tools can facilitate successful conservation and management of wildlife
populations. However, the ability of such approaches to inform wildlife management and …

Oral baiting is used to deliver vaccines to wildlife to prevent, control, and eliminate infectious
diseases. A central challenge is how to spatially distribute baits to maximize encounters by …

Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are the primary reservoir for rabies virus in eastern North America.
Management of rabies in raccoons is achieved primarily with the use of oral rabies …

Although the process of converting nutrients sequestered within carcasses has historically
been portrayed as occurring at the detrital level, there is a growing consensus that …

The movement ecology of raccoons varies widely across habitats with important implications
for the management of zoonotic diseases such as rabies. However, the spatial ecology of …