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The two brown bear populations in Spain have been isolated for the past 50 years

Two brown bear populations in Spain have been isolated for the past 50 years

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers from the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Superior Council of Scientific Research (SCSR) have performed a genetic identification based ...





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Transhumance helps vulture conservation

Transhumance helps vulture conservation

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Segovia and the University of León have shown for the first time the close space-time relationship between the presence of the griffon vulture and transhumant sheep ...


Mountain Gorillas Pose No AIDS Threat, Researchers Say

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mountain gorillas do not pose an AIDS threat to humans, according to researchers at the UC Davis Mountain Gorilla One Health Program.


Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...


New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.


Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...


Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak (AP)

Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.


The largest bat in Europe inhabited northeastern Spain more than 10,000 years ago

The largest bat in Europe inhabited northeastern Spain more than 10,000 years ago

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish researchers have confirmed that the largest bat in Europe, Nyctalus lasiopterus, was present in north-eastern Spain during the Late Pleistocene (between 120,000 and 10,000 years ago). The Greater Noctul ...


Researcher looking for way to minimize spread of mountain pine beetle

Researcher looking for way to minimize spread of mountain pine beetle

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Like a human being who, with a compromised immune system, is vulnerable to secondary diseases, jack pine trees ravaged by budworms may be more susceptible to an invasion of mountain pine beetles.


Small fossils provide key clues for interpreting environmental changes

Small fossils provide key clues for interpreting environmental changes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Micropalaeontology team at the Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology at the University of the Basque Country (Spain) is working on the study of microfossils under the direction of Mr Julio Rodríguez ...


Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...



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