Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds for more than 3,000 years, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati. An epic migration leads caribou to same part of refuge to give birth every spring.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems—and concerned about what it may mean in an era of climate ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 20, 2020
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One of the main challenges in wildlife conservation biology is to understand what factors affect vulnerable wildlife populations over time. Scientists have been trying to understand these factors to estimate how much hunting ...
Ecology
Apr 2, 2019
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Arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate much faster than scientists ever predicted and its collapse, due to global warming, may well cause extreme weather this winter in North America and Europe, according to climate scientists.
Environment
Sep 17, 2012
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(AP) -- A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed on administrative leave and is being investigated ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2011
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For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests.
Ecology
Feb 17, 2024
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When we think about the Arctic, most of us think of a snow-covered barren landscape and vast stretches of icy ocean. This is far from the reality of the Canadian Arctic today. With approximately 150,000 people calling it ...
Environment
May 9, 2022
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Sara Bogard halted her dog as the two began descending the cliff down to Manchester Beach, along the Mendocino coast.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2022
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U.S. wildlife officials on Wednesday plan to reject special protections for a rare, freshwater fish species that's been at the center of a long-running legal dispute.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2020
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The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammals have adapted to the loss.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2017
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