In rare attack, polar bear kills two people in Alaska
A polar bear on a rampage killed a woman and a boy in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack on humans.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2023
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Madagascar mouse lemur retroviruses are diverse, similar to ones found in polar bears or domestic sheep
Madagascar is home to a unique biodiversity with a large number of endemic species, among those many lemur species, including the mouse lemurs. This diversity is also found in their retroviruses, a team led by scientists ...
Evolution
Jan 13, 2023
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Sea stars: The benthic equivalent to the polar bear
A national research group led by researchers at the University of Manitoba has shown that polar bears share the position of top predator of the coastal Arctic marine ecosystem with seastars.
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2023
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PFAS: you can't smell, see or taste these chemicals, but they are everywhere—and they're highly toxic to humans
Humans perceive risk based largely on what we can see, smell and taste. Those senses serve us well when there are perceptible dangers to our health and the environment.
Environment
Jan 5, 2023
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Canadian polar bears near 'bear capital' dying at fast rate
Polar bears in Canada's Western Hudson Bay—on the southern edge of the Arctic—are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2022
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Industry lobbies against biodiversity goals: research
Lobbyists for pesticide and fertiliser producers are pushing "behind the scenes" against stronger protection for species and ecosystems at the COP15 biodiversity conference, research showed Thursday.
Ecology
Dec 8, 2022
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Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss, says ecologist
At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity's relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human ...
Ecology
Dec 6, 2022
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Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate
The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say.
Environment
Nov 15, 2022
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A study of polar bear paw papillae shows how they maintain traction on ice
A trio of researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio has conducted a study of the polar bear paw with a focus on the papillae—the microstructures on the footpad that help with traction. Nathaniel Orndorf, Austin Garner ...
Emperor penguins granted protections under Endangered Species Act
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that emperor penguins have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2022
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