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Plants & Animals Oct 20, 2022

Sickly shades of gray: Disease outbreaks influence the color of wolves across North America

New research from the University of Oxford, Yellowstone National Park, and Penn State, published today in the journal Science, may have finally solved why wolves change color across the North American continent.

Ecology Oct 19, 2022

Wildfires reshape forests and change the behavior of animals that live there

In the arid American West, wildfires now define summer. Recent years have seen some of the worst wildfires in recorded history. Climate change, the loss of Indigenous burning practices and a century of fire suppression are ...

Plants & Animals Oct 13, 2022

Animal friendships are surprisingly like our own

When you think of friendship, what comes to mind? Is it a phone conversation that lasts late into the night? Watching a movie and sharing a pizza? Enjoying some laughs over a beer? Friendship is a central part of the human ...

Plants & Animals Oct 13, 2022

Animals in national parks are affected by even just a few people

People often visit U.S. national parks to catch a glimpse of wildlife. But how does our presence affect the animals we hope to see?

Plants & Animals Oct 10, 2022

Rare wolves headed to South Carolina from Ohio as fight to prevent extinction ramps up

By next spring, visitors to a South Carolina nature preserve may get a glimpse of one of the world's rarest animals.

Plants & Animals Sep 30, 2022

Why are there so many dog breeds but only a few cat breeds?

The World Canine Federation recognizes more than 300 different breeds of dogs, while the Cat Fanciers' Association only has 42 different kinds of moggie on its books. Why the difference?

Plants & Animals Sep 20, 2022

Scientists find that wolves can show attachment toward humans

When it comes to showing affection towards people, many dogs are naturals. Now, a new study in the journal Ecology and Evolution reports that the remarkable ability to show attachment behavior toward human caregivers also ...

Ecology Aug 26, 2022

Cry wolf? Debate over presence of wolves in Northeast

Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region?

Ecology Aug 25, 2022

Isle Royale wolf population surges after nearly dying off

Isle Royale National Park's gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday.

Veterinary medicine Aug 17, 2022

Study fails to show that dogs or wolves can understand a human's reputation

A small study did not find evidence that wolves or dogs could understand the reputation of humans as "generous" or "selfish" with food, after direct or indirect interactions. Hoi-Lam Jim and colleagues at the University of ...

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