10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2015
I was told by some researchers that in Botswana trackers watch for this species when looking for Painted Wolves (or African Wild Dogs) as they follow packs to snatch up prey and scraps. It is now treated as its own species, confined to Africa and the tip of Arabia (Black Kites also migrate here from Europe and Asia).
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
Here is an interesting article about research out of Sweden that suggests that all domesticated dogs may have originated from China.
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4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. Other facilities are operating in the U.S. and Europe.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2024
When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range.
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