Researchers from Cardiff University in Wales have shown for the first time that genetically distinct populations of wild mammals have different “odor dialects.” In a new study, they describe how populations of otters from across the UK possess sex- and biogeography-specific odors and speculate on how these odor dialects may affect individual behavior and conservation efforts.Read the whole story at the PLOS Ecology Blog: The Language of Odors: Different Odor Dialects in Wild Otter Populations.