Mammals
![Canid Conservation Initiative](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/09/Fernando_animals-760x428-1.png)
Canid Conservation Initiative
Fernando Nájera, WashU (LEC Post-doc)
Solny Adalsteinsson, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Karen Bauman, Saint Louis Zoo
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Karen DeMatteo, WashU (Environmental Studies)
Regina Mossotti, Endangered Wolf Center
Lisa Kelley, Saint Louis Zoo
Jamie Palmer, Saint Louis Zoo
![Data-driven Conservation of the Critically Endangered Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) and the Black and White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) Living in Fragmented Habitats](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/09/ruffed-lemur-768x384.jpg)
Data-driven Conservation of the Critically Endangered Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) and the Black and White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) Living in Fragmented Habitats
Emily Wroblewski, WashU (Anthropology)
Krista Milich, WashU (Anthropology)
Giovanna Bonadonna, WashU (Anthropology)
Patricia Becerra Mendoza, WashU (Anthropology)
Armand Randrianasolo, Missouri Botanical Garden
Robbie Hart, Missouri Botanical Garden
Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Missouri Botanical Garden
Karen Freeman, Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group
Ingrid Porton, Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group
Lisa Kelley, Saint Louis Zoo
Laura Mahatoly, University of Antananarivo
Rina Vololonirina, University of Antananarivo
Ortega Bavary, University of Antananarivo
Onja Ramilijaona, University of Antananarivo
Brigitte Raharivololona, University of Antananarivo
Jean Freddy Ranaivoarisoa, University of Antananarivo
![Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/10/Shacham-Figure-1-Seed-grant-1.jpg)
Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease
Ted Lawrence, Saint Louis University (Taylor Geospatial Institute)
Enbal Shacham, Saint Louis University (College for Public Health and Social Justice and Taylor Geospatial Institute)
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Allison Miller, Saint Louis University, Danforth Plant Science Center
Carolyn Lesorogol, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)
Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool
Vasit Sagan, Saint Louis University
![Ecology and Evolution of Urban Squirrels in St. Louis](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2025/01/an_squirrel-east-gray-1-768x685.jpg)
Ecology and Evolution of Urban Squirrels in St. Louis
Elizabeth Carlen, WashU (Living Earth Collaborative)
Jonathan Losos, WashU (Biology)
Jonathan Chang, University of California Los Angeles
Lindsay Miles, Virginia Tech
![Evaluating Planned Grazing as an Approach to Improving Rangeland Habitat for Grevy’s Zebra and Pastoralists in Kenya](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/10/zebra-350x251-1.jpg)
Evaluating Planned Grazing as an Approach to Improving Rangeland Habitat for Grevy’s Zebra and Pastoralists in Kenya
Martha Fischer, Saint Louis Zoo
Belinda Low Mackey, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Peter Lalampaa, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Sheila Funnell, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Carolyn Lesorogol, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)
![Genetic Diversity of Peter’s Angola Colobus Monkey Populations in Northern Tanzania and in Accredited American Zoos](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/10/McDonald-proposal-1rggn0g-350x269-1.jpg)
Genetic Diversity of Peter’s Angola Colobus Monkey Populations in Northern Tanzania and in Accredited American Zoos
Monica McDonald, Saint Louis Zoo
Emily Wroblewski, WashU (Anthropology)
Pamela M. K. Cunneyworth, Colobus Conservation
![Going Wild in Forest Park:The Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/10/Turtle-with-tag-in-hand-768x546.jpg)
Going Wild in Forest Park:The Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web
Anthony Dell, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, WashU
Stephen Blake, Saint Louis University
Stan Braude, WashU, University of Missouri – Saint Louis
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Amy Witt, Forest Park Forever
Jason Knouft, Saint Louis University, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
![Integrating Stable Isotopes and DNA Metabarcoding of Cave Guano to Develop a Unique Paleoenvironmental Archive for the Humid Tropics](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2024/10/Liu-proposal-20ce4nq-350x250-1.jpg)
Integrating Stable Isotopes and DNA Metabarcoding of Cave Guano to Develop a Unique Paleoenvironmental Archive for the Humid Tropics
Xinyi Liu, WashU (Anthropology)
Christy Edwards, Missouri Botanical Garden
Rachel Reid, WashU (Anthropology)
J. Leighton Reid, Missouri Botanical Garden
Bronwen Konecky, WashU (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
![Malaria Infection in a Shifting Disease Landscape: Genomic Signals of Susceptibility or Resistance in Apes](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2020/04/Ape-768x512.jpg)
Malaria Infection in a Shifting Disease Landscape: Genomic Signals of Susceptibility or Resistance in Apes
Emily Wroblewski, WashU (Anthropology)
Crickette Sanz, WashU (Anthropology)
![Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basis](https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/files/2020/09/Goualougo-Mondika_Metetele_Jun2020-768x576.jpg)
Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basis
Crickette Sanz, WashU (Anthropology)
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Peter Fischer, WashU (School of Medicine)
Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo
Heidi Hellmuth, Saint Louis Zoo
Fabian Leendertz, Robert Koch Institute
Livia Patrano, Robert Koch Institute
Wen Mayoukou, Wildlife Conservation Society
David Morgan, Lincoln Park Zoo