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Study of disease risk suggests ways to avoid slaughter of Yellowstone bison

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Last winter, government agencies killed one third of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd due to concerns about the possible spread of a livestock disease to cattle that graze in areas around the park. Such drastic measures ...





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Groups seek more room for bison to roam

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created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Give bison running room in a cattle-free zone in Montana outside Yellowstone National Park, wildlife advocates and homeowners said.


Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch (AP)

Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The head of Montana's wildlife agency has given preliminary approval to a plan calling for 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park to go to billionaire Ted Turner's private ranch.


A bison walks in the Bialowieza National Park

Europe's bison: prehistoric survivor with Achilles' heel

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created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

As if straight out of prehistory, dozens of bison emerge timidly from the dark trunks of a primeval forest, their imposing bulk masking their vulnerability.


Bison can thrive again, study says

Bison can thrive again, study says

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created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Bison can repopulate large areas from Alaska to Mexico over the next 100 years provided a series of conservation and restoration measures are taken, according to continental assessment of this iconic species ...


Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (40) | comments 3

The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ...


New national survey says public reveres bison

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created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Americans are woefully out of touch with the fact that the American bison, or buffalo, is in trouble as a wild, iconic species, but they do love them as an important symbol of their country—and as an entrée on the dinner ...


Russian 'Jurassic park' under development

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created Mar 30, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Thirty Canadian bison are being donated to Russia for Pleistocene Park, an ice age reserve under development that will feature the area's extinct species.


Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.


Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals

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created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- During bison mating season, the quietest bulls score the most mates and sire the most offspring while studs with the loudest bellows see the least action, according to a surprising new study by researchers ...


Researcher produces, ships only H1N1 vaccine available for swine

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

The only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd infected with the virus. The vaccination marks the first time vaccine has been sent to a swine herd diagnosed with the pandemic flu.



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