Posts Tagged ‘hunting’
Whales ‘multi-task’ by crooning at dinner
DUKE/UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — In order to eat continuously but also find mates, humpback whales sing while they hunt, new research shows. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Nov 20, 2012 16:04 - 0 Comments
Spears with stone tips used 500,000 years ago
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons for hunting 500,000 years ago, about 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2012 10:56 - 2 Comments
Hunters risk falls without safety equipment
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Tree stands give hunters a bird’s-eye view of wild game, but some hunters continue to suffer serious injuries after failing to wear a safety harness, say doctors. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 12, 2012 15:45 - 0 Comments
Fire hunting shields Australian mammals
STANFORD (US) — When species start disappearing, it usually makes sense to blame it on the arrival of humans. But in the case of Western Australia’s declining small mammal populations, the opposite may be true. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 29, 2012 15:51 - 1 Comment
Rare and hunted, drill monkeys face new threat
U. OREGON (US) — Mitochondrial DNA offers a glimpse into how climate warming may again threaten populations of endangered wild drills. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 25, 2011 16:58 - 2 Comments
Early hunters: Pre-Clovis weapon found in US
TEXAS A&M (US) — The tip of a bone point fragment found embedded in a mastodon rib from an archaeological site in Washington state shows that hunters were present in North America at least 800 years before Clovis. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 24, 2010 16:52 - 0 Comments
Time limits, not quotas, for hunting, fishing
U. MINNESOTA (US)—Hunting and fishing quotas limit the number of game animals or fish an individual may take based on harvests from the previous year. But according to a new study, this strategy may jeopardize wildlife populations. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 11:34 - 1 Comment
Australia’s burned desert more biodiverse
STANFORD (US)—A research team is exploring what makes aboriginal hunting grounds molded by fire more biologically diverse than lands untouched by humans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 28, 2010 16:59 - 4 Comments
Hunted minke whales not overpopulated
STANFORD (US)—Antarctic minke whale meat on the shelves of Japanese grocery stores has helped scientists prove that the animal’s population is not booming, but rather is within the historical norm of the species over the last 100,000 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 3, 2009 14:54 - 1 Comment
As wolves age, killer instincts fade
U. MINNESOTA (US)—Young wolves are leaders of the pack as far as the ability to kill elk is concerned. However, a new study of wolves in Yellowstone National Park finds wolves are in their hunting prime at the ages of 2 and 3, but after that, their skills deteriorate steadily. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 11, 2009 15:29 - 1 Comment
Evidence of early hunters deep below Lake Huron
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes has been found on a 9,000-year-old land bridge more than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron. (more…)
