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Mice mothers devote energies to offspring when life is threatened
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May 28, 2008 |
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An Iowa State University researcher has found that sick female deer mice devote their energy to producing healthier offspring.
Maine weather wreaking havoc on deer
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Mar 30, 2008 |
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Deer living in Maine and other portions of New England are likely battling starvation because of the region's tough winter, biologists say.
Deer crashes continue to rise in North Carolina
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Motor vehicles crashes involving deer rose to an all-time high in North Carolina in 2008, even as the total number of motor-vehicle crashes and total vehicle miles driven dropped from the previous year.
Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
DNA analysis uncovers the prehistory of Norwegian red deer
Mar 24, 2009 |
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For his doctoral thesis, Hallvard Haanes discovered that Norwegian red deer are genetically different from other European red deer, due to their historical distribution. However, a century ago, red deer were ...
Research explores options for deer population control
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whitetail deer bounding across campus is an all-too-familiar scene. In recent years, however, Cornell's deer population has skyrocketed, leading to such hazards as collisions with cars, destruction ...
Deer denigrate Pennsylvania forests
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Pennsylvania natural resources officials say the state's forests aren't showing any new growth because of overgrazing by deer.
Rare deer found on Philippine island: scientists
May 28, 2009 |
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One of the world's rarest deer has been found in a tiny patch of Philippines forest that is being cut down by farmers and loggers, according to a British-Filipino scientific expedition.
Prion infectivity found in white and brown fat tissues of mice
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Scripps Research Institute have found novel prion infectivity in white and brown fat tissues of mice. The study appears December 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Pa ...
Biologists identify the molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in mice
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have long known how adaptive evolution works. New mutations arise within a population and those that confer some benefits to the organism increase in frequency and eventually become ...
Feed that cold! New study shows that lower food intake has a negative effect on immune system
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Researchers studying deer mice have discovered evidence to support what mothers everywhere have long suspected: the immune system needs food to function properly. In an article titled “Food Restriction Compromises ...
Extinct giant deer relative found in U.K.
Sep 07, 2005 |
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University College London scientists say DNA tests have identified the closest living relative to the extinct Irish Elk, or giant deer, living in England.
As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...
Vaccine prevents prion disease in mice
May 03, 2007 |
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An oral vaccine can prevent mice from developing a brain disease similar to mad cow disease, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28 – May ...
The groan says it all -- dominant male deer have the deepest calls
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The low timbre and enticing vibrations of a deep voice have long been considered a key element of male attractiveness. Now it seems that it's not just human females that appreciate a husky vocalisation.
