A new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2020
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When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual foraging bonanza they rely on.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2020
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A new study shows that surface disturbance from energy development can hinder mule deer migrations when it exceeds 3 percent.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2020
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The study by Texas Tech scholars found deer prefer newly cleared areas in summer months and older areas during the winter.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2020
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In the spring of 2016, a determined mule deer did something that, as far as anyone knows, no other mule deer had done before: She traveled a whopping 242 miles from southwest Wyoming to eastern Idaho in the greatest migration ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2019
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The first-ever atlas of ungulate migration was released this week, detailing the ecology and conservation of migratory big-game species including mule deer, elk and pronghorn in Wyoming, the greater Yellowstone ecosystem ...
Ecology
Oct 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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Wildlife managers in seven states in the western U.S. report this past winter was rough on wildlife.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2017
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A new long-term study finds that energy development has longer-lasting impacts on mule deer populations than previously thought.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2017
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Migratory mule deer in Wyoming closely time their movements to track the spring green-up, providing evidence of an underappreciated foraging benefit of migration, according to a new study from a team of researchers led by ...
Ecology
May 3, 2017
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