A technique that monitors whales through the sounds they emit has answered a key issue raised by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago this month.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2012
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As lead researchers in Africa's recent Great Elephant Census, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin and Scott Schlossberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst also evaluated elephant counting methods in the wild. In a ...
Ecology
Oct 31, 2016
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A new model gives wildlife managers the ability to gather the necessary data in a matter of minutes
Ecology
Oct 18, 2022
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Thanks to drastic and evidence-based solutions, more southern mountain caribou roam Western Canada today than in previous decades; however, herd numbers are too fragile to sustain themselves without continued intervention.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2024
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Skywalker gibbon couples wake up each morning and sing to each other, their voices echoing across the forest canopy of their home. The primate's endearing love song helped scientists confirm what was formerly a strong hunch: ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2024
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Recent camera trap images from the rocky terrain of Afghanistan's central highlands have revealed a surprise: a Persian leopard, an apex predator long thought to have disappeared from the region, according to the Wildlife ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2011
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Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new way of estimating population in countries where carrying out a full census is difficult to achieve.
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2020
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Before the U.S. Census Bureau releases its official state-level population counts to Congress on Dec. 31, a University of Michigan demographer offers projections of likely state winners and losers.
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010
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South African conservationists on Monday announced that they have enlisted the help of a Belgian Shepherd dog to help track the country's most endangered land-based tortoise.
Ecology
Mar 10, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Sea turtle populations may be increasing—or decreasing—but by using the most common method of simply counting nests or nesting females there is no way to know for sure, a University of Florida research team ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2013
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