Into the Wild: Animal Microbiomes in Conservation

Wild animals are teeming with microbes, from their guts to their skin. What can we learn about animals by studying their microbiomes? And how can those insights be used in wildlife conservation?

Frontiers Evolutionary Biology Needs Wild Microbiomes

Frontiers Microbiomes: unifying animal and plant systems through the lens of community ecology theory

Engineering the microbiome for animal health and conservation

Study of African animals illuminates links between environment, diet and gut microbiome

Human encroachment into wildlife gut microbiomes

Effect of fecal preservation method on captive southern white rhinoceros gut microbiome - Burnham - 2023 - Wildlife Society Bulletin - Wiley Online Library

Our Microbes Are Starving, and That's a Good Thing

Frontiers Marsupial Gut Microbiome

Frontiers Consequences of Domestication on Gut Microbiome: A Comparative Study Between Wild Gaur and Domestic Mithun

Looking like the locals - gut microbiome changes post-release in an endangered species, Animal Microbiome

Conservation biology needs a microbial renaissance: a call for the consideration of host-associated microbiota in wildlife management practices