News tagged with mountain sheep
World's largest sheep an international traveler
A genetic study of the world's largest sheep species has revealed that the big-horned animals travel extensively across the moutainous borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China according to Wildlife Conservation ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Living fast but dying older is possible -- if you're a sheep
According to Dr Annette Baudisch of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, current methods of comparing patterns of ageing are limited because they confound two different elements of ageing ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep
(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual
Todays mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Moroccan villagers steamed up over silver mine
Atop a remote mountain overlooking one of Africa's largest silver mines, a group of Moroccan activists -- many of them women and children -- are trying to choke off the facility's water supply.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Spanish farmers struggle with lack of rain
When Manuel Montesa takes sheep out to forage in mountains in northern Spain, he must bring water for them because streams near his town have run dry.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Dog skull dates back 33,000 years
If you think a Chihuahua doesn't have much in common with a Rottweiler, you might be on to something.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Complex sex life of goats could have implications for wildlife management
A new study of the mating habits of mountain goats reveals the vastly different strategies of males in different populations and could shed light on the unseen impacts of hunting.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Scientists unlock the mystery surrounding a tale of shaggy dogs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of York have produced the first clear evidence that textiles made by the indigenous population of the Pacific coast of North America contained dog hair.
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Nov 25, 2011 |
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Tailored solutions best for costly sheep infection
You might not have heard of sheep scab. It's not a human health risk and there's no co-ordinated treatment programme. But it's unpleasant and potentially fatal to sheep, and it costs UK farmers around £8 ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Solving the mysteries of short-legged Neandertals
(PhysOrg.com) -- While most studies have concluded that a cold climate led to the short lower legs typical of Neandertals, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that lower leg lengths shorter than the typical modern humans ...
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Researchers discover important woolly rhino fossil
A paper to be published on September 2, 2011 in the authoritative magazine Science reveals the discovery of a primitive woolly rhino fossil in the Himalayas, which suggests some giant mammals first evolve ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Wolves may aid recovery of Canada lynx, a threatened species
As wolf populations grow in parts of the West, most of the focus has been on their value in aiding broader ecosystem recovery but a new study from Oregon State University also points out that they could play an important ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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