Saeideh Esmaeili, a recent graduate from UW’s Program in Ecology, tracks onagers, also known as Asiatic wild asses, in Qatrouiyeh National Park in southern Iran. She and other researchers documented ...

Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

Smaller-bodied ruminants forage primarily for the highest energy intake, while equids -- which tend to be larger -- choose to forage in areas close to surface water, with less attention to forage ...