News tagged with wild animals

Vaccine protects against leptospirosis in cattle

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that a commercial vaccine is effective against leptospirosis in cattle.

Biology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Vets take action to save Poland's lynx

Growling furiously, Benek the lynx cub looks up with baleful eyes as a veterinarian squats by his cage and takes aim with a tranquiliser gun.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan studies flora and fauna near Fukushima plant

Japanese scientists are studying how radiation has affected plants and animals living near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, according to an official.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rare, once-royal turtle to be tracked in Cambodia

(AP) -- One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China to release six pandas into wild

Six captive-bred pandas will be freed into an enclosed forest in southwestern China next year in the first mass release of the highly endangered animals, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Over 100 Beluga whales 'trapped in Bering Sea'

Over 100 Beluga whales are trapped in water between ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia's Far East, the authorities said, calling on the government to send an ice-breaker to free them.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bison on Konza Prairie fuel experiments to restore prairie ecosystem

The presence of bison at Konza Prairie Biological Station may seem iconic, a tribute to America's past when such herds roamed the range.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bee-ware: bees keep African elephants at bay

No need for big muscles or high-tech contraptions when it comes to protecting African plantations from elephants: a British biologist has discovered that buzzing bees will keep the beasts at bay.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disgraced Korean scientist unveils cloned coyotes

Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unveiled eight cloned coyotes Monday in a project sponsored by a provincial government.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The short goodbye: Weaning foals

It is widely believed that being born is about the most stressful thing that can happen to anybody. But being weaned cannot be too far behind it in the list of traumatic experiences. Most humans come to terms with it eventually ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Culling can't save the Tasmanian devil

Culling will not control the spread of facial tumour disease among Tasmanian devils, according to a new study published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. Unless a way ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Zebras versus cattle: Not so black and white

African ranchers often prefer to keep wild grazers like zebra off the grass that fattens their cattle. But a new study by UC Davis and Kenyan researchers shows that grazing by wild animals doesn't always harm ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period

Archaeologists at the University of Liverpool are investigating three island groups around Britain to further understanding of why, in approximately 4,000 BC, humans altered their lifestyle from hunting and ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Getting a read on wild animals' age

While pets and livestock often have known birthdates, the ages of animals in the wild have been difficult to track down, but that may change. A new skin analysis test can give accurate information about the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk assessments to block invasive wildlife pay off, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of California, Davis, environmental and resource economist collaborated on a study that was the first to estimate the net benefits of screening potentially invasive wild animals, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0