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Rise of sex predators in energy boomtowns
MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The number of registered sex offenders in energy "boomtowns" was two to three times higher than towns dependent on other industries, U.S. researchers found.
Ice Age relic at risk from warmer temps
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. conservationists said they're studying musk ox to determine how the relics of the Ice Age may be affected by climate change.
Asian antelope facing multiple problems
NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- Saiga, an Asian antelope, isn't only an endangered species but is threatened by development in Mongolia that might cut off a key migration route.
Yellowstone mystery: Where are the rabbits
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society is trying to figure out why jack rabbits have vanished from Yellowstone National Park.
Study: Moose move toward humans for safety
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said moose in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem move instinctively toward humans to gain safety while giving birth.
Study: Prey may not fear predators
NEW YORK, June 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests large prey, including moose, caribou and elk, only fear the predator species that they regularly encounter.
Yellowstone ecosystem may lose key migrant
BOZEMAN, Mont., July 10 (UPI) -- A mammal that embarks on the longest remaining overland migration in the continental United States might vanish from the Yellowstone Park ecosystem.
First Rockies natural gas report issued
NEW YORK, June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society has released the first-year results of a study on how natural gas development in the Rockies might affect wildlife.
Blue Planet: Wilderness issues endure
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A series by UPI examining the relationship of humans to the environment. This week: Could it really be the issues galvanizing the debate on wilderness in the United States remain virtually the same today as they were nearly 30 years ago? Well, yes.
End of migration trails loom in the West
BOULDER, Colo., April 22 (UPI) -- The continental United States once witnessed vast herd migrations as bison, elk, antelope and deer moved freely from winter grounds to summer grass, and though caribou herds still migrate hundreds of miles in Canada and Alaska, biologists warn these behav
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“ Musk ox are a throwback to our Pleistocene heritage and once shared the landscape with mammoths, wild horses and sabered cats, ”
Ice Age relic at risk from warmer temps
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“ Like other species of the steppes and deserts, saiga have avoided extinction by being able to migrate long distances as their habitat changed over time, ”
Asian antelope facing multiple problems
United Press International
“ Given that brown bears avoid areas within approximately 1,600 feet of roads in Yellowstone and elsewhere, moose mothers have apparently buffered against predation on offspring using roadside corridors, ”
Study: Moose move toward humans for safety
United Press International
“ The study's results indicate moose and other prey species find humans more benign and hence move to humans for safety, whereas predators do not because we humans tend to be less kind to predators, ”
Study: Moose move toward humans for safety
United Press International
“ It's not just changes in climate or disease that may alter our big remote wild landscapes, but so do the actions of conservationists and public agencies by restoring ecosystems to bring native carnivores back to where they once thrived, ”
Study: Prey may not fear predators
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