Articles related to "Predation"

When birds are attracted to feeders, raptors and cats often follow. By making changes near the feeders, predation can be reduced or eliminated.

The loss of Tasmanian Devils to tumours is allowing non-native red foxes to fill a niche on the island, with potential loss of local wildlife.

Indian National Workshop looks at ways to manage conflicts between humans and leopards . Methods of preventing predation on livestock and attacks on humans needed.

Critically Endangered whale population threatened by habitat loss, pollution and ocean noise. Reduced human hunting pressure since 1999 hasn't resulted in more belugas.

Fishing, hiding and signalling are some of the uses of lights at sea.

The current economy has created a new spectre, predation by cash-starved, credit-crunched individuals, businesses and government. Beware! All are at risk, marked as prey!

The grey wolf population in northern Rocky Mountains has exceeded target recovery rates. Proposed delisting is causing concern but how justified is it?

Marine ecosystem alteration, climate change and increased human pressure causing monk seal population to drop. Protection for juveniles is a major part of recovery plan.

A reivew of the four key aspects of human-animal conflict, how we help create problems and how they affect the animals involved.

Any tourist entering Maine hopes to spot a moose. They can be seen anywhere in the state, however, sightings tend to increase the further north one travels.

Introduced crayfish are causing loss of biodiversity around the world. Trapping programs are showing some potential to help control the ecosystem damage done.

While many people are aware of the problems outdoor lighting create for sea turtles and migratory birds, few understand its wide-ranging impacts on other wildlife.

Lone population of critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats is threatened by overgrazing, predation and drought. Translocation and captive breeding started.

Here are some tips to lower the risks of cats killing garden birds. It is depressing to see this happen. Some simple precautions improve the odds for your backyard birds.

Vernal pools are essential for salamander breeding, providing food and shelter in the absence of predatory fish. If pools dry up, immature salamanders may die.

Removing feces from the nest helps keep the area clean and also reduces visibility of the nest to predators. Which of these is more important is discussed here.

What do Lucille Lewis, Mary Jeoney, Josie Phyllis Brown, and Julissa Brisman have in common? They were each murdered by online predators they met on the Internet.

Some spider brains are hard wired to kill and eat prey when it is captured. Replacing sticky threads with non-sticky ones prevents overindulgence.

Did you know that the red fox can reach speeds of 48km per hour, leap obstacles 2 meters high and has 28 different vocalizations?

Bad dreams can result from a variety of physical and psychological causes, and many of them tap into primal fears of predation.

Northern fur seal and Steller sea lion populations are falling around the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. Ecosystem changes in the Northern Pacific Ocean play a key role.

Sharks are not often attacked but they do have a few predators to look out for.

Development leads to habitat fragmentation, exposure to disease and car accidents. Reintroduction and public education may aid survival of endangered Florida panther.

Amid the political uproar of 2008 presidential campaign, issues surrounding wolf management by hunting in Alaska have been oversimplified on both sides of the argument.

Until the 1980's very few fossils of baby dinosaurs or even juveniles had been found. In Digging Dinosaurs, Jack Horner tells how serendipity and hard work changed that.

Lynx became extinct in Colorado in the seventies. Recent efforts to repopulate their former habitat have seen slow progress and human induced obstacles.

Both larval and adult dragonflies are preyed on. Unwary odonates are fair game as aquatic and flying predators enjoy dragonfly protein in their diets.

Ejecting blood and body fluids has been shown to effectively deter predatory lizards.

In this study, the detrimental effect of ocean acidification on juvenile clams was proven. Further research showed the value of returning crushed shells to shellfish beds

Endangered species at risk from net entanglement as bycatch helped using money from mitigation fees. Fishermen get incentives to reduce chances of fishing gear deaths.

If you have concerns about keeping poisonous houseplants, invest in a few family friendly, non-toxic indoor plants.

Hard hit by habitat degradation and human activity, the well-loved British mammal is in decline. The public is being asked to do their part to help save them.

Tips for protecting common North American birds, many of which have lost their habitats to farms, development and irresponsible logging practices.

The U.S. Government has listed the polar bear as "threatened" according to The Endangered Species Act because of the effects global warming has on its natural habitat.

Grey squirrels, in addition to out competing the native red squirrel for habitat and food, have brought with them a pox virus that is devastating the reds in the UK.

Destruction of aquatic habitat and invasive species are among the many factors that are causing a decline in North American freshwater fish and threaten their survival.

Potential for ecosystem collapse when top predators are removed has been demonstrated on land. New studies show that oceans face the same danger as shark populations drop

The Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative brings together scientists and conservationists to protect Rocky Mountain habitat, grizzly bears and other species

Moby Dick's whale is still being hunted by Japan and Indonesia. Oceanic pollution, underwater sound, boat traffic and drift nets also problems for the sperm whale.

This article analyses and questions the trends of brain and testes size in bat species.

Home to the world's largest population of nesting green sea turtles, nine islands in two countries are given special status to protect these endangered marine animals.

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus feasts on disease causing gram negative bacteria, making them potentially useful as 'living antibiotics'.

River cane, also known as giant cane or switch cane, is the only member of the bamboo family native to the United States.

Western society is destroying itself through environmental mismanagement. Land rights, enabling Indigenous stewardship, represent the only chance for economic survival.

DDT insecticide caused pesticide poisoning in birds forty years ago. Today it's still with us, along with other toxic pesticides and herbicides that kill birds.

The bonefish is a popular game fish in the Caribbean, important in supporting the economy.

Wolves were killed off in Yellowstone in the 1920s, creating unforeseen ecological problems. Now the ecology is healing since wolves were returned 14 years ago.

Kemp's Ridley is the smallest and rarest sea turtle in the world. Here's an overview of the dangers faced by this endangered reptile, and what's being done to help.

Every summer brings a mass spawning by coral species at the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico.

The common symbol of Easter the Easter bunny is being replaced by the Easter Bilby in Australia. The rabbit introduced by the first settlers became a plague pest whereas