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Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection

Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?


Warmer weather threatens moose in Minnesota

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The moose calf didn't seem to want to get out of the water.


1 moose, 2 moose: Scientist seeks correction in number of species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is a misinterpretation of the application of the bedrock of scientific naming with regard to the number of moose species that Kris Hundertmark, a University of Alaska Fairbanks wildlife geneticist at the Institute of Arctic ...


Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves of Isle Royale

Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves of Isle Royale

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population ...


Doubling a gene in corn results in giant biomass

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and ...