Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife
Like a quiet neighborhood cut up by an expressway, northeastern forests are changing as pipelines and other structures crisscross them amid the region's gas drilling boom.
Environment
Apr 2, 2013
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Urban coyotes could be setting the stage for larger carnivores to move into cities
About five miles from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, scientists have located the smallest known coyote territory ever observed. For at least six years, a coyote community has maintained its existence within about a ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2012
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The raccoon spreads dangerous diseases as it invades Europe
Furry, agile, intelligent and voracious: the raccoon is far from being a cuddly toy, which is what many people believe when they get one as a pet. It is more like an invader that escapes and is able to adapt and survive in ...
Ecology
Aug 28, 2012
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Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
A burgeoning population of huge pythons - many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big - appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2012
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A new model for understanding biodiversity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Animals like foxes and raccoons are highly adaptable. They move around and eat everything from insects to eggs. They and other "generalist feeders" like them may also be crucial to sustaining biological diversity, ...
Ecology
Nov 21, 2011
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Sympathy for the devils
Better than sympathy, now there's hope for the devil -- the Tasmanian devil, that is.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2011
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More predators doesn't equal more danger for urban bird nest
While birds living in urban areas face more predators than do those in rural areas, that doesn't mean urban birds face more danger from nest robbers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2010
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