(Phys.org)—A team of scientists led by a University of Wyoming researcher recently reported that the size of trophy horns and antlers of most species of North American big game has declined slightly over ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 not rated yet 0

Moose have been falling over and dying across Northeastern Minnesota at a disturbing rate in recent years, and researchers still don't know why.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 5

Fly over northeastern Minnesota with "Sky Dan" and you'd see a moose. One time, he spotted 15 of them during an hour flight. The pilot was so confident, he even offered those on his aerial tours a money-back guarantee.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 24, 2012 not rated yet 2

Based on ten years of fieldwork in the Tetons of Wyoming, WCS Conservation Biologist, University of Montana Professor and study author Dr. Joel Berger looked at whether body size of juvenile moose and maternal ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 23, 2012 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org) -- What animal can see only a limited distance, has no top front teeth, and prefers shady, wet areas such as bogs and marshes?

Biology - Ecology

Aug 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Steve Moose, an associate professor of maize functional genomics at the University of Illinois and his graduate student Wes Barber think they may have discovered a new source of heterosis, or hybrid vigor, in maize. They ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 28, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 2 |

Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 20, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceived in the past. ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

Country roadways can be hazardous for moose and men. According to estimates, millions of vehicles collide with moose, elk and caribou in North America and Europe each year. Moose, in particular, venture to ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

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.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 30, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

Moose in southern Norway are in significantly worse health than those further north and in eastern Norway. An analysis of roughly 600 moose livers, combined with information such as carcass weights and ages, ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 09, 2010 not rated yet 0

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 ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 06, 2010 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

(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 ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 02, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

Modern methods can answer a multitude of questions, but sometimes traditional techniques are superior. Authorities in northern Quebec, Canada, found this to their cost, when they relied upon statistical data to monitor moose ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 17, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0

Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?

Biology - Ecology

Nov 02, 2009 4.9 / 5 (7) 4