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Minn. bear delivers at least 2 cubs on Internet

(AP) -- A 3-year-old bear in Minnesota has given birth to two cubs before an Internet audience.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Huskies lend insight into mercury risk

Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US police kill escaped lions, tigers and bears

Police in the US state of Ohio shot dead dozens of lions, tigers, bears and wolves in a frantic hunt after the owner of an exotic farm freed the dangerous animals and then killed himself.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 17

Lions, tigers, bears on the loose in rural Ohio

Dozens of animals, including lions, tigers, bears and wolves, were on the loose in the US state of Ohio Wednesday after apparently being released from an exotic farm, local media reported.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Fast asleep to wide awake -- hibernating bears, predation and pregnancy

Black bears hibernate, sleeping their way through winter, and who can blame them? But science is only just beginning to understand the physiological changes that allow bears to re-emerge in spring without ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Experts urge protected areas to save Canada caribou

Canada needs to create large protected areas of woodlands to help save caribou from the threat of extinction, scientists and environmentalists said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wildlife surviving conflict in Afghanistan

A new survey conducted by WCS scientists, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), reveals that large mammals, including Asiatic black bears, gray wolves, markhor goats, and leopard ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Beware of predatory male black bears

Fatal encounters with black bears have been exceedingly rare during the last century, but appear to be mainly the result of predatory male bears targeting humans in their wilderness home ranges, according to a new study led ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists: Soot may be key to rapid Arctic melt

An international research team is in the land of snow and ice, in search of soot.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists uncover surprising features of bear hibernation

Black bears show surprisingly large and previously unobserved decreases in their metabolism during and after hibernation according to a paper by scientists at the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facebook campaign to save Canadian bears caught in drug bust

An international campaign with the help of social networking site Facebook hopes to save the lives of some 14 black bears used to guard an illegal marijuana farm in western Canada.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Auburn's EcoDogs sniffing out endangered species

(PhysOrg.com) -- These dogs seek out animals in the woods, but they aren't your typical hunting dogs. They have been trained to find endangered species so Auburn University researchers can document the location and number ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arizona state employee fired over jaguar capture

(AP) -- The Arizona Game and Fish Department has fired an employee based on results of an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known wild jaguar in the U.S.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black bear on Internet gives birth to cub in Minn. (Update)

(AP) -- A researcher says Lily the black bear has given birth to a cub in her den in northeastern Minnesota.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds that hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations

Sport hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations as managers respond to demands to control predators that threaten livestock and humans, according to a study published in the June 17 issue of PLoS ONE. The study was le ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0