The Western North American Naturalist (formerly Great Basin Naturalist) publishes peer-reviewed experimental and descriptive research pertaining to the biological natural history of western North America.
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Current Issue: Volume 86, Number 1 (2026) — Issue in Progress
Articles
Description of the female Psilochalcis adenticulata Petersen (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) with comments on new distribution records in the western United States
Mark J. Petersen, Robert L. Johnson, and Val Jo Anderson
Lack of an ontogenetic shift in Crotalus enyo cerralvensis venom supports integration of cranial morphology and venom expression in rattlesnakes
Samuel R. Hirst, Cameron M. VanHorn, Hector Franz-Chávez, Víctor Vásquez-Cruz, Alfonso Kelly-Hernández, Ramsés Alejandro Rosales-García, Gamaliel Castañeda-Gaytán, Miguel Borja, Christopher L. Parkinson, Jason L. Strickland, and Mark J. Margres
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Interspecific brood parasitism of a greater sage-grouse brood by chukar in Nevada
Belle J. Malley, McCoy R. Meshach, Steven R. Mathews, and Peter S. Coates
First documented occurrence of a gray bat (Myotis grisescens) in Nebraska
Jeremy A. White, Taylor A. Woods, Laura A. Stastny, and Keith Geluso
Notes on an opportunistic observation of northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides quadratus) in Lassen County, California
Adrianna Nelson
Mammal diversity in the priority terrestrial region of Sierra de Bustamante, Nuevo León, Mexico
Jorge Armando Contreras-Lozano, Armando Jesús Contreras-Balderas, and Rogelio Carrera-Treviño
Observations of Lewis's Woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) foraging on stream-dwelling benthic invertebrates
Michael S. Parker