A first ever study of the range and habits of white-backed vultures across southern Africa shows that they often shun national parks, preferring to forage further afield on private farmland.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2013
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Three elephants were poisoned to death near a palm oil plantation in Malaysia, officials said Friday, in the latest case of the endangered creatures being killed near human settlements.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2019
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If you can't kill them, trap them. Such is the fate that scientists are reserving to pathogenic bacteria, such as the infamous E. coli. These bacteria may contaminate meat in abattoirs, when small traces of excrement on the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 20, 2013
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An ocean's oxygen levels may play a role in the impact of marine predators on bodies when they are immersed in the sea, according to Simon Fraser University researchers in a new study published this week in the journal PLoS ...
Other
Oct 23, 2014
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A multidisciplinary team of Spanish researchers, including members of the Ecology Department of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH), has provided the first data on how scavenger insects and vertebrates share the carcasses ...
Ecology
Dec 16, 2019
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More than a dozen dead or dying bald eagles were found near a landfill in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, suspected victims of poisoning by eating carcasses of animals that were chemically euthanized and dumped at the landfill, ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2022
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For the past three days, CCS researchers have been monitoring the carcass of a small minke whale in Cape Cod Bay off North Truro. Data collected during these 72 hours shows that there is as much to be learned from the whales ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2016
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A fishing village in easternmost Canada has tried to auction off on eBay a sperm whale carcass that washed up onto its shores.
Other
May 6, 2014
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A study from the Institute of Food Research has shown that Campylobacter's persistence in food processing sites and the kitchen is boosted by 'chicken juice.'
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2014
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The environmental benefits of stranded whale and dolphin carcasses are being undermined by coastal regulations which require remains to be quickly disposed of, a new study has found.
Ecology
Feb 17, 2022
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