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Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2023

Study suggests pumas utilize sly strategy of fertilizing plants that recruit prey to hunting grounds

A new Panthera study published today in Landscape Ecology has found that pumas might utilize a sly hunting strategy known as 'garden to hunt,' by which puma kills fertilize or deposit nutrients in soil that increase plant ...

Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2023

2 gray wolves captured and collared in Northern California

Two members of California's small but rebounding gray wolf population have been located and given tracking collars, bolstering the state's conservation efforts, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday.

Plants & Animals Mar 21, 2023

Study reveals impact of roadkill worse than thought—some mammal populations could reach 'tipping point'

With millions of animals killed on roads every year wildlife conservation experts at Nottingham Trent University wanted to better understand how mammal populations were being affected.

Plants & Animals Mar 16, 2023

How does Idaho count wolves? Critics say state uses 'smoke and mirrors,' misleads public

As a scruffy gray-and-brown wolf stood in a grassy Idaho clearing, it fixed its gaze straight ahead. Another dark wolf trotted down a muddy dirt road. A third stepped over gravelly terrain, its mouth open as it panted in ...

Ecology Mar 1, 2023

Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals

From sports to pop culture, there are few themes more appealing than a good comeback. They happen in nature, too. Even with the Earth losing species at a historic rate, some animals have defied the trend toward extinction ...

Ecology Feb 24, 2023

Plans to reintroduce lynx and wolves to England could be put on hold

The UK's environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has told farmers that she does not support reintroducing wolves or lynx to the English countryside.

Plants & Animals Feb 23, 2023

Do dogs really descend from wolves?

Curled up on the sofa, you watch your dog snoozing nearby. Is he dreaming of the bowl of biscuits he gobbled down? Or could he be picturing the great odyssey of his forbearers, who roamed in packs across the vast steppes ...

Social Sciences Feb 23, 2023

Violent extremists are not lone wolves—dispelling this myth could help reduce violence

On Feb. 15, 2023, a judge informed Payton Gendron—a white 19-year-old who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo Tops market in 2022—that "You will never see the light of day as a free man ever again."

Plants & Animals Feb 20, 2023

From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil—why we should be rewilding carnivores

No matter where you live, apex predators and large carnivores inspire awe as well as instill fear.

Ecology Feb 20, 2023

Reintroducing top predators to the wild is risky but necessary—here's how we can ensure they survive

Large carnivores are critical to the balance of an ecosystem. In Yellowstone National Park in the western US, gray wolves keep elk populations at a healthy level. This prevents vegetation from being overgrazed and leads to ...

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