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Why letting salmon escape could benefit bears and fishers

New research suggests that allowing more Pacific salmon to spawn in coastal streams will not only benefit the natural environment, including grizzly bears, but could also lead to more salmon in the ocean and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A change of heart keeps bears healthy while hibernating

Hibernating, it turns out, is much more complicated than one might think.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Future of polar bears likely to be grim

Will polar bears survive in a warmer world? UCLA life scientists present new evidence that their numbers are likely to dwindle.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Calif. utility stumbles on 1.4M years old fossils

(AP) -- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The ranchland near Pincher Creek, Alberta, is a hot zone for grizzly bear encounters

The ranchland near the southwestern Alberta town of Pincher Creek is a hot zone for grizzly bear encounters according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preserved habitat near national parks helps species conservation

National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Grizzly bears still need protecting, US court rules

Conservationists welcomed a US appeals court ruling that grizzly bears still need protecting, after federal authorities sought to have them taken off an endangered species list.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Where will grizzly bears roam?

The independent assessment, written by WCS Senior Conservation Scientist Dr. John Weaver, is a compilation and synthesis of the latest information on these species – and how climate change may affect ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Watch out for Yellowstone bears -- they're hungry

(AP) -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Grizzly bears move into polar bear habitat in Manitoba, Canada

Biologists affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and City College of the City University of New York have found that grizzly bears are roaming into what was traditionally thought of as polar ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fed judge says grizzlies still threatened

(AP) -- A federal judge in Montana restored protections Monday for an estimated 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing in part a decline in their food supply caused by climate change.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US police kill escaped lions, tigers and bears

Police in the US state of Ohio shot dead dozens of lions, tigers, bears and wolves in a frantic hunt after the owner of an exotic farm freed the dangerous animals and then killed himself.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 17

Studying grizzly bears' picnic

Armed with a coffee grinder and a lot of questions, a University of Alberta graduate student is uncovering the mysteries of a humble root that is vital to grizzly bear survival.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blowouts onshore: Fear, pollution, uncertainty

(AP) -- A gas well blowout in the shadow of Yellowstone National Park spewed a cloud of explosive natural gas, forced evacuations for miles around and polluted the drinking water - and the people who live ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2


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