Two new studies link hunting to lead in scavenger birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new UC Davis studies add scientific evidence that hunters lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new UC Davis studies add scientific evidence that hunters lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.
Ecology
Apr 7, 2011
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University of Alberta researchers Peter Molnar, Andrew Derocher and Mark Lewis studied the reproductive ecology of polar bears in Hudson Bay and have linked declining litter sizes with loss of sea ice.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2011
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The populations of several animal species in southern Tanzania are suffering alarming declines due to bushmeat hunting and habitat degradation, and urgent action is needed to prevent the collapse of local biodiversity, a ...
Ecology
Feb 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The impacts of humans, through protracted hunting, were probably decisive in the extinction of Australian megafauna around 40,000 years ago, but climate change and fire activity probably fuelled the process.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from 21 North American wolf populations, two Montana State University researchers have found that the recently proposed levels of hunting for Montana and Idaho wolves are likely to have larger ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2010
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Wild porcupine might be a tasty treat in countries around the world, but populations of the spiky rodent are coming under threat in Vietnam due to illegal hunting.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2010
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(AP) -- A business consultant wants a court to force YouTube and owner Google to unmask a cyber cipher who posted what she says are unauthorized videos of her and online comments that hurt her reputation.
Internet
Aug 18, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hungry sharks, swordfish and other ocean predators have adopted different hunting behaviours depending on how much food is readily available. They use at least two particular methods to detect their next ...
Ecology
Jun 17, 2010
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(AP) -- Montana wildlife commissioners approved a plan Thursday that aims to reduce the gray wolf population for the first time since the once-endangered animal was reintroduced to the region 15 years ago.
Ecology
May 13, 2010
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Hunting and fishing quotas limit the number of game animals or fish an individual may take based on harvests from the previous year. But according to a new study co-authored by University of Minnesota ecologist Craig Packer, ...
Ecology
May 13, 2010
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