Australia is considering awarding carbon credits for killing feral camels as a way to tackle climate change.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 09, 2011 2.5 / 5 (8) 35

While Yellowstone's celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park's grasslands. ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 20, 2010 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Leeds University study has discovered pedestrians are likely to act like a herd when crossing roads, blindly following other pedestrians.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 16, 2010 3.1 / 5 (8) 7 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows that consumers have a herding instinct to follow the crowd. However, this instinct appears to switch off if the product fails to achieve a certain popularity threshold.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Oct 12, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 5 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Continuing autumn rains are producing conditions that can increase lameness and mastitis in dairy herds in South Dakota.

Biology - Other

Oct 06, 2010 not rated yet 1

The nearly extinct European bison has been reintroduced after centuries in Spain with seven animals coming from a rare herd in Poland, Spanish media reported Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 06, 2010 5 / 5 (10) 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European bison, a close relative of the American bison, has been on a slow road to recovery for almost a century. Europe's largest grazing animal once dwelled from central Russia to Spain, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 05, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 3

The next 10 to 20 years could be extremely significant for restoring wild populations of American bison to their original range, including the Canadian Rockies; but for this to happen, more land must be made available for ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 02, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

British Columbia, Canada: DNA recovered from ancient caribou bones reveals a possible link between several small unique caribou herds and a massive volcanic eruption that blanketed much of the Alaskan Yukon territory in a ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 22, 2010 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

'Free-stall', untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a higher reproductive performance and suffer less teat injuries and metabolic diseases. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's ...

Biology - Other

Feb 15, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of helping control cattle TB in Britain, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 10, 2010 not rated yet 2

Psychologists have long known that when two people haggle over a price, it pays for the seller to start high.

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 11, 2009 3.3 / 5 (4) 3

The only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd infected with the virus. The vaccination marks the first time vaccine has been sent to a swine herd diagnosed with the pandemic flu.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nov 23, 2009 not rated yet 0

Fallow deer become hoarse when trying to attract a mate, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 19, 2009 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

Rangers in Kenya's Hellsgate National Park have spotted an albino buffalo, the first of its kind ever recorded in the wildlife rich country, park officials said Friday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 24, 2009 4 / 5 (3) 3