Opinion: Why Australia needs to kill cats
Introduced cats are a key threat to 123 of Australia's threatened species.
Ecology
May 9, 2019
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Italians cheer on wild bear's 'Great Escape'
Italian animal lovers cheered on a wild bear Tuesday after a daring escape from an electrified holding pen sparked a bear-hunt and a furore over its fate.
Plants & Animals
Jul 16, 2019
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Border fences pose threats to wildlife on US-Mexico border, study shows
Current and proposed border fences pose significant threats to wildlife populations, with those animals living in border regions along the Texas Gulf and California coasts showing some of the greatest vulnerability, a new ...
Ecology
Jul 12, 2011
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Lizards may be overwhelmed by fire ants and social stress combined
Lizards living in fire-ant-invaded areas are stressed. However, a team of biologists found that the lizards did not exhibit this stress as expected after extended fire ant exposure in socially stressful environments, leading ...
Ecology
May 23, 2017
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Norway tries to stop costly reindeer escapades into Russia
Norwegian authorities said Thursday they would mend a fence near Norway's border with Russia in the far north to stop its reindeer from making costly crossings over the international boundary.
Ecology
Aug 24, 2023
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Demolishing your front fence could be an act of kindness
A few years ago, I reflected on years of doctoral field-notes documenting the homes of tinkerers—people with an extraordinary commitment to DIY living. It occurred to me that despite their DIY skills, few of these tinkerers ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2019
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On the fence: New research taps rancher expertise on living with carnivores
They say that good fences make good neighbors, which is especially true when you share space with gray wolves and grizzly bears.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2022
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Chronically understudied, fences hold grave ecological threats
Fences are one of humanity's most frequent landscape alterations, with their combined length exceeding even that of roads by an order of magnitude. Despite their ubiquity, they have received far less research scrutiny than ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2020
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African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in Poland
An outbreak of African swine fever in Poland near the German border has killed 21 wild boar, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 4, 2019
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Small-scale fisheries have unintended consequences on tropical marine ecosystems
Hundreds of millions of people in some of the world's poorest countries are supported by small scale fisheries. These are usually self-employed fishers who use relatively simple methods, primarily to feed the local community ...
Ecology
May 22, 2019
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