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Scientists Create Innovative Listening Device to Track Wolves
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Tracking the elusive wolves of Idaho is a costly and exhaustive endeavor. The shadowy animals inhabit some of Idaho’s - and the country’s - most rugged and isolated terrain. The average pack of seven animals ranges across ...
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How cold is too cold for newborn calves?
Feb 26, 2009 |
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It has been estimated that in the United States, nearly 100,000 calves die of cold stress annually, costing livestock producers millions of dollars a year and resulting in a desperate need for effective mitigation ...
Montana mosquito season is extended
Sep 14, 2006 |
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Unusually long-lasting hot weather conditions in Montana have prompted U.S. scientists to extend the season for mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus.
Wet or dry, Montana still threatened by West Nile
Jun 11, 2008 |
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West Nile virus is apparently here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.
Early detection sought for aquatic invasive weed Eurasian Watermilfoil
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Battling invasive plants is nothing new to Montanans, but a newcomer on the scene dwells in the water. This aquatic invader is called Eurasian watermilfoil. Fortunately, Montanans can take preventive action ...
Free online activity explains MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury flyby on Sept. 29
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will fly past the planet Mercury on Sept. 29, and a free online simulator created by staff at Montana State University's Burns Technology Center helps explain how ...
Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States.
Study finds one-time herbicide use decreased native plants, may have increased invasive plants
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Rinella, faculty in Animal and Range Science at Montana State University and an ecologist at the Fort Keogh Agricultural Experiment Station in Miles City, recently published the results ...
New dinosaur species found in Montana
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 24, 2007 |
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A dinosaur skeleton found 24 years ago in Montana has finally been identified as a new species that links North American dinosaurs with Asian dinosaurs. The dinosaur would have weighed 30 to 40 pounds, walked on two feet ...
Dinosaur diggers bring mobile lab, new techniques to Eastern Montana
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Jun 06, 2008 |
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Scientists who dig dinosaurs in Eastern Montana will now be able to chemically analyze fossils the same day they're excavated and before degrading begins.
International experts collect alpine fungi in Beartooth Mountains of Montana
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Armed guards once kept polar bears away while Cathy Cripps collected mushrooms and fungi on the island of Svalbard between Norway and the North Pole. Another time, Cripps encountered musk-oxen while gathering fungi in Greenland.
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