News tagged with wild
Bird population declines in northern Europe are explained by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency
Jul 14, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Wild birds of several species are dying in large numbers from a paralytic disease with hitherto unknown cause in the Baltic Sea area. A research team at Stockholm University, Sweden, led by Associate Professor Lennart Balk, ...
Scientists are learning more about big birds from feathers
Jul 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Catching adult eagles for research purposes is no easy task, but a Purdue University researcher has found a way around the problem, and, in the process, gathered even more information about ...
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
Jul 02, 2009 |
3.1 / 5 (10) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in ...
Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs
Jun 10, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing, according ...
Mockingbirds, no bird brains, can recognize a face in a crowd
May 18, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (12) |
5
(PhysOrg.com) -- The birds are watching. They know who you are. And they will attack. Nope, not Hitchcock. It's science.
Exotic plant species are more widespread than native on Boston Harbor Islands
May 14, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent findings by a team of Northeastern University ecologists studying plant life on the Boston Harbor Islands may advance societal efforts to stem the damage caused by invading exotic ...
Federal agency spurs people to adopt wild horses
Apr 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- A federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them.
A cure for honey bee colony collapse?
Apr 14, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (15) |
2
For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with comple ...
Wild bees can be effective pollinators
Mar 24, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Over the past few years, honey bee keepers have experienced problems due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which has hurt honey bee populations, causing some growers of fruits, nuts and vegetables to wonder how their crops ...
Want to Count Wild Tigers? Go to YouTube
Mar 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s India Program (WCS - India) has released a unique training video on YouTube that showcases the latest scientific methods for estimating the numbers of wild tigers and their prey.
Archaeologists find earliest known domestic horses
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 05, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (11) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked. The ...
Achtung, bunny's back in town
Mar 02, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Hares, foxes and wild boar are increasingly migrating into Germany's cities, causing havoc and even sometimes endangering humans, a major wildlife organisation said on Monday.
Gene to reduce wheat yield losses
Biology /
Feb 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel.
Comet impact theory disproved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2009 |
2.9 / 5 (9) |
6
New data, published today, disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that travelled across North America at hundreds of kilometres per hour and triggering ...
Ocean Fish Farming Harms Wild Fish, Study Says
Biology /
Dec 15, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
0
Farming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology.
