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Equine Influenza Virus Likely Involved In Recent Respiratory Disease Outbreak In Racing Greyhounds
April 29, 2004 — In what is believed to be the first scientific report of equine influenza virus jumping the species barrier, University of Florida veterinary researchers say the virus is the likely cause of a ... > full story -
Dogs On The Scent Of Better Behaviour
April 22, 2004 — Dogs in animal shelters can be helped to behave better by wafting special scents throughout their kennels and corridors, animal behaviour experts from the University of Edinburgh have ... > full story -
Research Finds Lawn Chemicals Raise Cancer Risk In Scottish Terriers
April 20, 2004 — Exposure to herbicide-treated lawns and gardens increases the risk of bladder cancer in Scottish terriers, a discovery that could lead to new knowledge about human susceptibility to the disease, ... > full story -
New Map Predicts Where Wolves Will Attack
February 27, 2004 — Scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups have developed a high-tech map that predicts where wolves will prey on livestock, which in turn may allow wildlife ... > full story -
Non-Lethal Methods Can Resolve Conflicts Between Bears And Humans
December 16, 2003 — How do you keep a black bear from taking out the backyard bird feeder or going through your garbage? Play the sound of a helicopter, or flash a strobe light, say scientists from the New York-based ... > full story -
Helping Carnivores And People Co-Exist: Keeping Predators At Bay With Flashing Lights And Loud Noises Instead Of Bullets
November 25, 2003 — When wolves and other large carnivores threaten people and livestock, wildlife managers often resort to killing them. But now there's hope for a non-lethal solution to controlling carnivores. New ... > full story -
Wolves Are Rebalancing Yellowstone Ecosystem
October 29, 2003 — The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park may be the key to maintaining groves of cottonwood trees that were well on their way to localized extinction, and is working to rebalance a ... > full story -
Mate Or A Meal? Familiarity Decides If Wolf Spider Loves 'Em Or Eats 'Em
October 28, 2003 — Sometimes familiarity does not breed contempt: A Cornell University behavioral scientist has found that female wolf spiders prefer mates that are comfortably familiar. However, the researcher has ... > full story -
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K-State Scientists' Beetle Chosen For National Genome Sequencing Project
October 22, 2003 — The red flour beetle can be a pest in massive grain elevators or in the 5-pound sack of flour in your kitchen. But it also can be an important organism in the field of genetic ... > full story -
Illinois Study Seeking Biomarkers Of Canine Diabetes, Other Diseases
October 8, 2003 — Even as the genetic blueprint for Shadow the poodle was being completed in Maryland, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had been engaged in a long-term study that they hope ... > full story
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