Search results for feral buffalo
Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.
Michigan wants hunters to shoot feral pigs
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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Feral pigs have become such a problem in Michigan that the state Department of Natural Resources has asked deer hunters in 51 counties to shoot any they see.
Scientists testing oral contraceptives for animals
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Feb 19, 2008 |
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If you’re a land owner and animals such as coyotes or wild pigs are driving you hog wild, help may soon be on the way to control their numbers in a humane way – in the form of a birth control pill for animals being developed ...
Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday.
University researchers promote new animal recognition technology
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Two entrepreneurial researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland, have taken their collaborative research further along the commercialisation pathway with their appearance tonight ...
Young dinosaurs roamed together, died together (w/Video)
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Mar 16, 2009 |
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A herd of young birdlike dinosaurs met their death on the muddy margins of a lake some 90 million years ago, according to a team of Chinese and American paleontologists that excavated the site in the Gobi ...
Hey Porky Pig: You Deserve Some Respect, Expert Says
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Feb 08, 2007 |
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It’s the Chinese Year of the Pig, and if any animal ever needed a good PR campaign, it might be the pig. Many animal experts think pigs get a bad rap. They are often viewed as dirty creatures that are not smart ...
Research sheds new light on how diseases jump across species
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Oct 25, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a breakthrough in understanding a virus which poses one of the greatest global disease threats to wild carnivores including lions, African wild dogs and several types of seal.
Report: Nearly all native birds in Hawaii in peril
Mar 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hawaii's native avian population is in peril, with nearly all the state's birds in danger of becoming extinct, a federal report says.
Scientists use retroviruses to unravel woolly history of sheep domestication
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have unravelled the woolly history of sheep domestication by examining retroviruses preserved in the animal’s DNA.
Mink control vital to save water voles
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping water vole and mink populations apart is vital if efforts to reintroduce water voles, one of Britain’s most endangered mammals, are to be successful.
Asian bees threaten Australia
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Jun 15, 2007 |
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Four swarms of Asian bees found in Cairns, Australia, may pose a serious threat to the country's honey bee population.
Dig yields shrine to Roman twins' she-wolf
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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The shrine where ancient Romans worshiped the she-wolf who nursed Rome's mythical founding twins, Romulus and Remus, may have been found, archaeologists said.
Scottish partridges disappearing
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Jun 30, 2007 |
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Scottish ornithologists warned Friday that the grey partridge, once a common game bird, could become extinct if it is not protected from predators.
Parakeet invading Chicago area
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Jan 03, 2007 |
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Monk parakeets from South America have pushed northward to the Chicago area, causing bird watchers to worry whether they will force out backyard birds.
