News tagged with deer
New research discovers metabolic adaptation to high altitudes
When mammals are cold, they can employ physical changes to stay warm -- such as intense shivering. Like any form of aerobic exercise, though, "shivering thermogenesis" is especially challenging at high altitudes ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China
Fossils from two caves in south-west China have revealed a previously unknown Stone Age people and give a rare glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with startling implications for the early peopling ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Wandering females give stags the slip
The fierce battles of rutting stags may be the most famous symbols of males competing over females in the animal kingdom. But it turns out the stags don't have things all their own way.
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Agouti gene may generate patterns from stripes to spots in vertebrates
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Harvard University are moving closer to answering some age-old questions. How did the leopard get its spots? How did the zebra get its stripes?
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Small mammals -- and rest of food chain -- at greater risk from global warming than thought
The balance of biodiversity within North American small-mammal communities is so out of whack from the last episode of global warming about 12,000 years ago that the current climate change could push them ...
May 23, 2010 |
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Honest deer every year
The vocalisations or 'groans' of male fallow deer provide rivals and potential mates with an honest account of the emitting animal's competitive abilities. A study, published in the open access journal BMC Biology, descri ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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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 ...
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Research explores options for deer population control
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitetail deer bounding across campus is an all-too-familiar scene. In recent years, however, Cornell's deer population has skyrocketed, leading to such hazards as collisions with cars, destruction ...
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Biologists identify the molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have long known how adaptive evolution works. New mutations arise within a population and those that confer some benefits to the organism increase in frequency and eventually become ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Wolf reintroduction proposed in Scottish Highland test case
Researchers are proposing in a new report that a major experiment be conducted to reintroduce wolves to a test site in the Scottish Highlands, to help control the populations and behavior of red deer that ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Rare deer found on Philippine island: scientists
One of the world's rarest deer has been found in a tiny patch of Philippines forest that is being cut down by farmers and loggers, according to a British-Filipino scientific expedition.
May 28, 2009 |
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Fallow deer become hoarse in the hunt for a mate
Fallow deer become hoarse when trying to attract a mate, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
May 19, 2009 |
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Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Big, old mice spread hantavirus
University of Utah researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely ...
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Where's a Yellowstone bear? Look on your phone
(AP) -- Pretty soon, the best place to be on the lookout for wolves, grizzly bears, bison and other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park could be your phone.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Deer
Capreolinae Cervinae
Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer) and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope; these are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance. The musk deer of Asia and water chevrotain (or mouse deer) of tropical African and Asian forests are not usually regarded as true deer and form their own families, Moschidae and Tragulidae, respectively.
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