WHO urges vigilance but no alarm over bird flu
The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 8, 2023
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One day after Idaho officials threatened to sue the federal government for failing to respond to petitions to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will move ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2023
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Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasized that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2023
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Sometimes a name is just a name. Take bears, for example. In Yellowstone National Park, black bears outnumber their brownish-colored grizzly bear cousins, and in coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest, if someone says "brown ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2022
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Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious ...
Ecology
Dec 14, 2022
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Federal agencies are yet again considering plans to bring grizzly bears home to the deep forested valleys of the North Cascades where they once thrived.
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2022
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It would seem inevitable that an increase in predators would lead to a decline in the prey they eat—and the chances of success for hunters.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2022
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Feeding honey to hibernating bears helped Washington State University researchers find the potential genetic keys to the bears' insulin control, an advance that could ultimately lead to a treatment for human diabetes.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2022
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A UBC Okanagan researcher is suggesting changes to fur trapping practices to help prevent the accidental amputation of grizzly bear toes.
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2022
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In a new finding that goes against current conservation paradigms, re-introducing wolves and other predators to our landscapes does not miraculously reduce deer populations, restore degraded ecosystems or significantly threaten ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2022
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