A recent study, published in Biology Letters, challenges the long-held notion that domestication is the primary driver of reduced brain size in domesticated animals, specifically dogs.
Plants & Animals
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Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Well, quite a few European governments, it seems.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2024
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed another gray wolf attack on livestock in Jackson County on Saturday, according to the agency's list of confirmed gray wolf depredations.
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2024
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The reintroduced Colorado wolf found dead last month in Larimer County likely died after being attacked by a mountain lion, according to a necropsy conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2024
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The Republican-majority US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would remove endangered species protections for the gray wolf across much of the country, sparking outrage among conservationists.
Ecology
May 1, 2024
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Wildlife officials said they will not remove a gray wolf potentially connected to recent livestock killings, despite requests from stockgrowers.
Ecology
Apr 26, 2024
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Members of a hunter-gatherer group that lived in south-western Scandinavia during the Mesolithic era—approximately 10,000 years ago—may have been affected by tooth decay and gum disease, according to a study published ...
Archaeology
Jan 18, 2024
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Gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decades-long effort to build up wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states. SciLine interviewed Joanna Lambert, professor of wildlife ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2024
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A team of animal science specialists at Teikyo University of Science, working with a colleague from Showa University, all in Japan, has found that most dogs have an eye color that is darker than their closet wolf relative, ...
Analyses of U.S. national forests led by Oregon State University scientists shows that increased protections for two Alaskan forests is a key to meeting climate and biodiversity goals.
Ecology
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