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Study of disease risk suggests ways to avoid slaughter of Yellowstone bison
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Last winter, government agencies killed one third of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd due to concerns about the possible spread of a livestock disease to cattle that graze in areas around the park. Such drastic measures ...
Groups seek more room for bison to roam
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Mar 06, 2008 |
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Give bison running room in a cattle-free zone in Montana outside Yellowstone National Park, wildlife advocates and homeowners said.
Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2008 |
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ...
Probing life's extremes in Yellowstone (w/ Podcast)
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Idaho National Laboratory biologist Frank Roberto squats on a bare, gravelly patch of ground in Yellowstone National Park's rolling backcountry. At his feet, scalding water churns in a mustard-yellow ...
Hareless: Yellowstone's rabbits have vanished, study says
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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A new study by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society found that jack rabbits living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have apparently hopped into oblivion. The study, which appears in the latest ...
Swarm of Yellowstone earthquakes doesn't pose risk, scientists say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
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When you have 400 earthquakes on top of one of the largest supervolcanoes on Earth, people pay attention.
Greater Yellowstone elk suffer worse nutrition and lower birth rates due to wolves
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, ...
Wiping out the world's mass migrations
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Densely packed wildebeests flowing over the Serengeti, bison teeming across the Northern Plains—these iconic images extend from Hollywood epics to the popular imagination. But the fact is, all of the world's ...
Yellowstone murder mystery: many suspects
Nov 22, 2005 |
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There's a murder mystery of sorts ongoing in Yellowstone National Park, and the main suspects include wolves, hunters and Mother Nature.
Fed judge says grizzlies still threatened
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal judge in Montana restored protections Monday for an estimated 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, citing in part a decline in their food supply caused by climate change.
Study of bear hair will reveal genetic diversity of Yellowstone's grizzlies
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Dec 18, 2007 |
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Locks of hair from more than 400 grizzly bears are stored at Montana State University, waiting to tell the tale of genetic diversity in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Humans unknowing midwives for pregnant moose
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Oct 09, 2007 |
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When it’s time for moose to give birth in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, they head to where it is safest from predators – namely closer to people, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Team finds Yellowstone alga that detoxifies arsenic
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Arsenic may be tough, but scientists have found a Yellowstone National Park alga that's tougher.
Wolves lose their predatory edge in mid-life, study shows
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Although most wolves in Yellowstone National Park live to be nearly six years old, their ability to kill prey peaks when they are two to three, according to a study led by Dan MacNulty and recently published ...
Yellowstone viruses 'jump' between hot pools
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Nov 12, 2007 |
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A population study of microbes in Yellowstone National Park hot pools suggests viruses might be buoyed by steam to distant pools. The result, to be published online next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
