A thorough review of the history of sage grouse hunting and populations across the Intermountain West shows that declines in the bird's numbers have prompted significant reductions in hunting opportunities in recent decades—with ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2021
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Climate change has severely reduced the length of the seal hunting season in a rural Alaska village, potentially threatening a key feature of the community's Indigenous way of life.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2021
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What prompts a hunter to shoot an animal after it is spotted? Wageningen and Norwegian researchers studied more than 180,000 choice situations where hunters had spotted an animal and had to decide whether or not to shoot. ...
Ecology
Dec 6, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Observations of hunting and meat eating in our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, suggest that regular inclusion of meat in the diet is not a characteristic unique to Homo. Wild chimpanzees are known to ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2013
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University of Alberta led research shows an elk's personality type is a big factor in whether or not it survives the hunting season.
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2012
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Minnesota and Midwestern moose will not be listed as a federally endangered species, putting to bed a petition that's been under review for five years.
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2020
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Hunting wild animals has been practised by humans for millions of years; however, the extraction of wildlife for subsistence and commercialisation has become a major biodiversity threat in recent decades. Meanwhile, over-exploitation ...
Ecology
Jan 6, 2020
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Maintaining current hunting regulations for ruffed grouse will help ensure sustainable population management in the state, according to a new University of Maine study.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2018
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Hunting guide Mike Clark normally has more than 20 clients lined up each fall for trips deep into Wyoming's western wilderness to shoot mule deer, prized by hunters for their size and impressive antlers.
Ecology
Nov 24, 2017
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Female elk adapt their behaviour to avoid hunters as they get older, new UAlberta research reveals.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2017
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