Analysis:&#39;Great sage grouse controversy&#39; boils down to science
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The advocates and lobbyists on both sides of the great sage grouse controversy in the West were claiming to have science on their side Friday after the Bush administration
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J. Michael Bailey is at the center of one of the most contentious and personal social science controversies in recent memory.
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A decision announced Friday to not list the greater sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species still leaves open the possibility the approximately 1,000 birds remaining in Washington could be listed.
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Department of the Interior biologists recommended Friday against adding the greater sage grouse to the endangered species list, benefitting natural gas and oil producers but adding to environmentalistsâ concerns.
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Palaeontologists have fired a broadside over a fossil which is the cornerstone evidence to back the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.
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Thereâs still a number of outstanding issues, some in the public domain. Itâs fairly obvious what they are. âWe will continue over the next day or so to bring those to conclusions.
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A five-year study of South Carolina pine forests offers proof of the widely practiced but controversial theory that corridors linking nature reserves help species diversity.
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In a study with implications for how North American trees might respond to a changing climate, molecular information collected by Duke University researchers refutes a widely accepted theory that many of the continent's tree species migrated rapidly from the deep South as glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice Age.
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A new report adds to the mounting evidence that relationships between plant and animal species can be far more complex than had been thought.
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Science & environment: Experts welcome drop in unfounded claims, but gaffes still cause concern
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A bird at the center of a controversy that impacts the nation&#39;s multibillion-dollar energy industry should not be included on the endangered species list, a panel of federal wildlife officials has concluded.
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It&#39;s not just winter that drives birds away from Wisconsin. It&#39;s us, says a report released this week by the National Audubon Society.
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Aerial survey shows antelope and gazelle in what could be one of the greatest natural events on Earth.
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Two US Interior Department agencies may clash over separate and apparently incompatible efforts to help the northern sage grouse. The Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to
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The claim has the ring of a myth. But environmental scientists say it is real.
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Controversial statements by Harvard's president have added fuel to a debate that scientists say has no definitive answers.
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Liberal bias versus right-wing conspiracy is a wonderful distraction. There is evidence enough on both sides. How can opposite claims be true? Confront a physicist with evidence supporting contradictory hypotheses and she will go looking for a more basic cause. Let's try that.