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What should be done about the disappearing wolves of Isle Royale?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of wolves at Isle Royale National Park has dipped to nine—the lowest number seen since Michigan Technological University’s wolf-moose predator-prey study began 54 years ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Isle Royale wolves may go extinct
Isle Royale National Park's gray wolves, one of the world's most closely monitored predator populations, are at their lowest ebb in more than a half-century and could die out within a few years, scientists said Friday.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection
Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves
(AP) -- The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to their ...
Apr 04, 2009 |
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Poop reveals an immigrant in Isle Royale wolves' gene pool
The wolves and moose of Isle Royale have done it again. They’ve surprised the scientists who have spent more than half a century studying them.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Channel island named first 'dark sky' community
The Channel Island of Sark has been designated the first dark sky community in the world in recognition of the lack of light pollution that allows clear views of the stars at night, officials said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Of moose and men: 50-year study into moose arthritis reveals link with early malnutrition
It's seen as a sign of getting old, but scientists have discovered that arthritis is not just a human problem as a study lasting 50 years reveals how moose suffer from an identical form of the condition. The ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Sustainability: Will We Recognize It When We See It?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people today embrace sustainability as a good thing, and it may be the greatest technological challenge our society has ever faced.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Ecologists Link Early Malnutrition, Later Arthritis in Moose
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a 150-pound person ages, the aches and pains of osteoarthritis -- a degenerative and progressively crippling joint disease -- often become an unpleasant fact of life. Think how the same ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Warmer weather threatens moose in Minnesota
(AP) -- The moose calf didn't seem to want to get out of the water.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves of Isle Royale
(PhysOrg.com) -- The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population ...
Apr 02, 2009 |
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New ballast treatment could protect Great Lakes fish
A Michigan Technological University professor has developed a new water treatment that could help keep a deadly fish disease out of Lake Superior.
Jun 04, 2008 |
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