News tagged with wolve
Wolf reintroduction proposed in Scottish Highland test case
Researchers are proposing in a new report that a major experiment be conducted to reintroduce wolves to a test site in the Scottish Highlands, to help control the populations and behavior of red deer that ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Greater Yellowstone elk suffer worse nutrition and lower birth rates due to wolves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, ...
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo.
(AP) -- A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Do zoo programs help save endangered species?
Do zoos have serious programs to save endangered species, besides putting a few captives on display for everyone to see? (Kelly Traw, Seattle)
Apr 13, 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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Judge sides with environmentalists in wolf case
(AP) -- A federal judge says a lawsuit by environmental groups to keep the government from aggressively removing endangered Mexican gray wolves that have attacked livestock can move forward.
Apr 03, 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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Feds file to delist wolves, except in Wyoming
(AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a formal rule Wednesday to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in Montana and Idaho while keeping protections in Wyoming.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Helicopter wolf kill in Alaska worries U.S. park service
A new predator control effort that has the state of Alaska shooting wolves from helicopters is raising alarms with the National Park Service.
Mar 17, 2009 |
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13,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Cache in Colorado Shows Evidence of Camel, Horse Butchering
(PhysOrg.com) -- A biochemical analysis of a rare Clovis-era stone tool cache recently unearthed in the city limits of Boulder, Colo., indicates some of the implements were used to butcher ice-age camels and ...
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Scientists Create Innovative Listening Device to Track Wolves
Tracking the elusive wolves of Idaho is a costly and exhaustive endeavor. The shadowy animals inhabit some of Idaho’s - and the country’s - most rugged and isolated terrain. The average pack of seven animals ranges across ...
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Black wolves: The first genetically modified predators?
Emergence of black-colored wolves is the direct result of humans raising dogs as pets and beasts of burden, according to new research by a University of Calgary biologist published today by the prestigious ...
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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