Fear of predation is a universal motivator. Because predators hunt using stealth and
surprise, there is a widespread ability among prey to assess risk from chemical information …

This review addresses the role of chemical communication in mammals, giving special
attention to the vomeronasal system in pheromone-mediated interactions. The vomeronasal …

Objective. To estimate the zoonotic parasites prevalence in feral dog feces in Puerto
Escondido. Material and methods. The fecalism frecuency was estimated in ten zones. To …

While domestic dogs, Canis familiaris, have been found to be skillful at social cognitive tasks
and even some meta-cognitive tasks, they have not passed the test of mirror self-recognition …

Chemical communication plays many key roles in mammalian reproduction, although
attention has focused particularly on male scent signalling. Here, we review evidence that …

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are cooperatively breeding highly social hyper-carnivores.
The basic social unit is the pack, which in its simplest form revolves around an unrelated …

Human-wildlife conflict poses a significant risk to wide-ranging carnivore populations
worldwide. Management techniques that promote localized, spatial separation and reduce …

Members of the Carnivora employ a wide range of postures and patterns to mark their scent
onto objects and thereby communicate with conspecifics. Despite much anecdotal evidence …

Highlights•African wild dogs repeatedly visit and scent-mark at shared marking sites
(SMSs).•Visits decrease during the denning season, coinciding with a range …

Remote monitoring of communal marking sites, or latrines, provides a unique opportunity to
observe undisturbed scent marking behaviour of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). We used …