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Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2023

Another Western state says it won't send wolves to Colorado, citing 'enormous price' of managing the species

Another Western state has decided it will not provide wolves for Colorado's reintroduction efforts, citing federal regulation and disagreements about how wolves should be managed.

Social Sciences Jul 21, 2023

Manipulative, distrustful, self-serving: How to deal with a Machiavellian boss

You've been pressured to work overtime to finish a project. You won't get paid for the extra hours but you've been assured there will be kudos from senior management. There is—but only for your boss, who takes the credit.

Paleontology & Fossils Jul 13, 2023

Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves suffered from diseased joints, research discovers

Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves experienced a high incidence of bone disease in their joints, according to a study published July 12, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hugo Schmökel of Evidensia Academy, ...

Ecology Jun 30, 2023

As climate warms, US allows moving species threatened with extinction as a last resort

U.S. officials on Friday said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants and animals outside their historical ranges as a last resort to save species threatened with extinction by climate change.

Ecology Jun 23, 2023

Like dogs, wolves recognize familiar human voices

Here, wolfie, wolfie, wolfie! Like dogs, wolves recognize and respond to the voices of familiar humans more than strangers, according to a study that has implications both for the story of canine domestication and our broader ...

Ecology Jun 21, 2023

Austrian regions allow controversial wolf hunting

Several regions of Austria have allowed the controversial killing of wolves after reporting an increase in livestock attacks, sparking debate in the Alpine EU member.

Ecology Jun 17, 2023

New tracking device to keep better tabs on wolves

Keeping up with the journeys of wolves and welfare of wild horses has never been easier. With a GPS wildlife tracker powered by an animal's own movements, University of Copenhagen researchers have solved a problem faced by ...

Plants & Animals Jun 9, 2023

Wolves in Minnesota switch to fish as a main source of food in the spring

A team of wildlife specialists from the University of Minnesota, the University of Manitoba and Voyageurs National Park has found that wild wolves living in Minnesota tend to switch from feasting on larger prey to fish as ...

Ecology May 25, 2023

Yellowstone baby bison put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it

A man who picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park caused it to be shunned by its herd, prompting park officials to kill the animal rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors.

Plants & Animals May 18, 2023

Coyotes, bobcats move into human-inhabited areas to avoid apex predators, only to be killed by people

Since their protection under the Endangered Species Act, wolf populations have been making a comeback in the continental United States. Conservationists have argued that the presence of wolves and other apex predators, so ...

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