Recreational fishers catching more sharks and rays
Recreational fishers are increasingly targeting sharks and rays, a situation that is causing concern among researchers.
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Analyzing DNA in soil could be an effective way of tracking animals
It's hard to protect something you can't find. A new Stanford study reveals sampling soil for animals' left-behind DNA can provide valuable information for conservation efforts—with significantly less cost and time—than ...
Ecology
Jan 14, 2020
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Australian 'megablaze' brought under control
Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires.
Environment
Jan 13, 2020
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UM student research tests ways to reduce errors in wildlife surveys
Research led by a University of Montana undergraduate student to identify less error-prone methods for performing wildlife surveys was published Oct. 20 in Ecological Applications.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2019
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Are humans changing animal genetic diversity worldwide?
Human population density and land use is causing changes in animal genetic diversity, according to researchers at McGill University.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2019
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Cats are not scared off by dingoes. We must find another way to protect Australian animals
Feral cats are wreaking havoc on our native wildlife, eating more than a billion animals across Australia every year. But managing feral cats and reducing their impacts on our threatened species is challenging, to say the ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2019
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The lunar cycle drives the nightjar's migration
GPS tracking data reveals that the foraging activity of the European nightjar more than doubles during moon-lit nights, and the birds then migrate simultaneously about 10 days after the full moon, according to a study published ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2019
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How barnacle geese adjust their migratory habits in the face of climate change
The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and so are the environments of many plant and animal species. Populations die out in places that become intolerable, and thrive in other places that have become more benign.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2019
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Park service looks to solve mystery deaths of Isle Royale wolves
One year into its effort to reestablish the wolf population on Isle Royale, the National Park Service and its partners have a problem: The new wolves keep dying and nobody knows why.
Ecology
Oct 7, 2019
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For this ocean dweller, ability to respond to warming waters is about location
It's common knowledge that, through the process of natural selection, organisms adapt to their environments. But what happens when there are no barriers to gene flow and organisms are free-floating between extremely variable ...
Ecology
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