A marten usually has several dens which it occupies while traveling within its home range. These temporary dens, which may contain nests of dry plant materials, are in hollow logs and trees, under ...

Legal protections introduced in the 1970s, combined with a gradual increase in broadleaf tree planting, gave the species a fighting chance. As forests matured and attitudes shifted, pine martens ...

“We recorded eleven sightings of the Nilgiri martens using tree hollows, spread across eight native tree species,” says Dr. Balakrishnan. “These weren’t just any trees. They were ...