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Mongolia and the One Health Approach

Mongolia’s unique ecosystems and cultures come with an equally unique set of wildlife management challenges.
This image shows a close up view of a monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flowers in a sunny garden

Stored fuel’s importance for migrating monarch butterflies: Implications for conserving all migrant animals

In his latest research, Keith A. Hobson, Research Scientist and Professor at Western University, explores why stored fuel is critical to migrating animals, such as monarch butterflies.
By “brewing” insect pheromones in large fermenters at an industrial scale the cost can be reduced to a level suitable for pest control in field crops (Shutterstock / Nordroden)

Sustainable production of pheromones now a reality

When the PHERA Project started, it was with an ambitious goal to prove that insect pheromones can be produced using a biological rather than a chemical process.
Flock of wintering Barnacle Goose(branta leucopsis)in wadden Sea,East Frisia,lower saxony,Germany

Tracking animal migration with stable isotopes

Keith A. Hobson from Western University and Environment and Climate Change Canada, walks us through tracking animal migration with stable isotopes, starting with some background information.

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