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Deer crashes continue to rise in North Carolina

(PhysOrg.com) -- Motor vehicles crashes involving deer rose to an all-time high in North Carolina in 2008, even as the total number of motor-vehicle crashes and total vehicle miles driven dropped from the previous year.

Biology / Other

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Chile's vanishing Patagonian lake

In less than 24 hours Lake Cachet II in Chile's southern Patagonia vanished, leaving behind just some large puddles and chunks of ice in the vast lake bed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Wildlife find path to safety under US roads

So how did the chicken cross the road? Or the raccoon, Virginia opossum, woodchuck, red fox, white-tailed deer or great blue heron?

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Restoration as science: case of the collared lizard

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Monitoring killer mice from space

The risk of deadly hantavirus outbreaks in people can be predicted months ahead of time by using satellite images to monitor surges in vegetation that boost mouse populations, a University of Utah study says. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Santa Claus risks health by flying all night, sleep experts warn

Every year Santa Claus and his team of elves and reindeers stay awake for days and nights so he can deliver presents to children all over the world for Christmas – but he could be putting his and their ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3

New insights into holiday driving dangers with UA electronic crash data

The Holiday Season is upon us, and many of us will be driving at times and in areas that are new or different from what we normally do.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Once nearly extinct, wild foxes on Catalina Island making a comeback

The population of endangered wild foxes on Santa Catalina Island soon could recover to levels not seen in a decade since canine distemper decimated them, biologists said this week.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Managed wolf populations could restore ecosystems

Researchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into national parks and other areas in order to restore damaged ecosystems. The populations would not be sel ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tough yet stiff deer antler is materials scientist's dream

Prized for their impressive antlers, red deer have been caught in the hunters' sights for generations. But a deer's antlers are much more than decorative. They are lethal weapons that stags crash together when duelling. John ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Danger lurks underground for oak seedlings

Scientists trying to understand why oaks are starting to disappear from North American forests may need to look just below the surface to find some answers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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