While studying scavenger behavior in Utah's Great Basin Desert, University of Utah biologists observed an American badger do something that no other scientists had documented before: bury an entire calf carcass by itself.
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Direct contact between badgers and cattle is rare, suggesting that it may also be rare for bovine tuberculosis (TB) to be passed on through the two species meeting each other on pasture, new research by the Royal Veterinary ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2013
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A little-used method for estimating how many people are involved in sensitive or illegal activities can provide critical information to environmental policy makers involved in the proposed badger culling scheme in England, ...
Ecology
Jan 17, 2013
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Male badgers that spend their youth fighting tend to age more quickly than their passive counterparts according to new research from the University of Exeter.
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Jul 8, 2015
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Badgers are more sociable than often thought, with implications for how they transmit disease according to Oxford University researchers.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2017
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"What's that, Lassie? Timmy has fallen down the well?" Lassie was the clever dog that always used to save the day, but stories of clever pets such as skateboarding dogs are well known. It is also widely acknowledged that ...
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Jun 2, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of helping control cattle TB in Britain, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2010
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Bears, wolves and other large carnivores are frightening beasts but the fear they inspire in their prey pales in comparison to that caused by the human 'super predator.'
Ecology
Jul 25, 2016
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The honeyguide bird loves beeswax, but needs help breaking open bees' nests to get it. So it shows a honey badger the way to the nest, who rips it open and together they share the rewards. Or so the story goes.
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Jun 29, 2023
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Using a mathematical model that combines a huge number of cattle and badgers that have TB, the researchers were able to quantify the relationship between the two animals and use a big data approach to show that the route ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2016
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