Bison Populations Decimated by Cold, Not Hunting, Study Says
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North American bison populations suffered a sharp decline long before humans inhabited the continent, indicating that environmental factors, not hunting, wiped out the animals, according to a study published in the journal Science.
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Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.
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New data casts doubt on the popular theory that big North American mammals were wiped out by human hunting.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The spread of Lyme disease and other ailments could be reduced by vaccinating wildlife, according to a new study by Yale University and three other colleges.
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Scientists studying the broader effects of wolf reintroduction said a growing body of evidence suggests that killing off predators such as wolves and grizzly bears in the last century started a cascade of effects that threw ecosystems out of balance.
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As many as 118,000 gray whales roamed the Pacific before humans decimated the population through hunting, and human-induced climate change may now be depriving those that remain of the food they need, according to a study released yesterday.
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Malnutrition and starvation have drastically reduced moose numbers in northwest Wyoming, according to the author of a new study that debunks the belief among some that wolves are a leading cause of the decline.
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Sept. 23, 2004 - Cougars, wolves, lions and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, the British weekly New Scientist announced Wednesday.
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Paris - Wolves, lions, cheetahs and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, New Scientist says.
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global average projected by UN reports. Siberia and Alaska have already warmed by 2-3 C since the 1950s. outweighed by threats to indigenous peoples and the habitats of animals and plants.
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Giant kangaroos and wombats bigger  than cars which once roamed Australia were killed by climate  change and not human hunters, Australian scientists said on  Thursday.
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Description: A study released Monday that says that global warming is particularly intense in the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and changes in permafrost have acute impacts on Arctic residents
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BAKU. June 18 (Interfax) - The decline in the Caspian seal population may be the result of warm winters, declining fish stocks, and pollution of the Caspian Sea, the website of Azerbaijan's Environment and Natural Resources Ministry says.
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This year's harsh winter could lead coyotes to venture outside normal habitat areas, which could pose a threat to pets, animal specialists say.
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Now a new study, published tomorrow in the science journal Nature, suggests that another striking mammal, the Irish elk, likewise lived way beyond the last ice age.
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Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study released Wednesday that shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years.
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SALMON, Idaho  - Public outrage prompted a temporary stay of execution on Wednesday for 300 bison, including an estimated 100 calves, roaming in Montana outside the confines of Yellowstone National Park.