When wolves returned to Yellowstone in 1995, no one imagined the predators would literally change the course of rivers in the national park through cascading effects on other animals and plants. Now, a Stanford University-developed ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2020
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Over the course of only a century, humanity has made an observable impact on the genetic diversity of the lion population. That's the conclusion of a recently published study by Drs. Caitlin Curry and James Derr from the ...
Ecology
Nov 4, 2020
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The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through late spring and early summer, mature fish return from the sea and begin their arduous journey upriver to spawn. In recent years, ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2020
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Animal cooperation typically involves sharing crucial resources—and the rules of sharing get complicated, especially when males are involved.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2020
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Meals are typically family affairs for zebras, gazelles, cape buffalo and other grazing species in the African Serengeti, but in one of the first studies of its kind, ecologists have found grazing species can be more willing ...
Ecology
Aug 17, 2020
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It may be only a shared banana in a tree, but the latest research from the University of St Andrews suggests this sharing of food between monkeys could be the equivalent of humans taking a prospective date out to dinner.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2020
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As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have been used as a symbol of courage, nobility and strength by rulers for over 6000 years. A lion became the symbol of a Norwegian king at least as early as 1280. It still stands proudly ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2020
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The current technique used for counting lion populations for research and conservation efforts doesn't add up, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand, at a very personal level, the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans ...
Plants & Animals
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A large international team of researchers has conducted an extensive genetic analysis of lions, and in so doing, has learned about their evolutionary history. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...
