Dairy calves are natural optimists or pessimists, just like us
Some calves are inherently optimistic or pessimistic, just as humans are, a new University of British Columbia study has found.
View ArticleStudy investigates impact of lions living alongside giraffe populations
It is commonly accepted that lions are the only predators to pose a risk to giraffes on an individual basis but there has never been a study to investigate how the presence of lions impacts on the...
View ArticleVermont's moose population struggles despite hunting cutback
Scientists say they fear shifting climate conditions are to blame for Vermont's struggling moose population.
View ArticleRecord number of whales counted in Argentina's Patagonia
Conservation groups say a record number of Southern right whales were counted this year in Argentina's Patagonia region.
View ArticleResearchers discover new cattle disease and prevent it from spreading
Following genetic studies of deformed calves research conducted at the University of Copenhagen is able to uncover a hitherto unknown disease found among Holstein cattle. The breeding bull from which...
View ArticleSentinel satellite captures birth of behemoth iceberg
Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ice...
View ArticleBiologist: Orca attacks on gray whales up in California bay
Killer whales are on an unprecedented killing spree in California's Monterey Bay, attacking and feeding on gray whale calves, a marine biologist said.
View ArticleComputer model shows breakup of iceberg logjams
Projections of how much the melting of ice sheets will contribute to sea-level rise can vary by several meters based on the rate of iceberg calving at the edges of those ice sheets. To provide climate...
View ArticleHow dolphins listen to their mothers
As far as a healthy parent/child relationship goes recognising each other is pretty important, despite whether the individuals are in the human or animal kingdom. Recently, UWA Oceans Institute...
View ArticleResearch focuses on reducing heat stress for calves in plastic hutches
A recent series of studies found reflective covers to be beneficial for dairy calves housed in calf hutches.
View ArticleStroking helps calves develop a better relationship with humans and increases...
Gentle interactions improve the relationship between humans and animals. In a recent study published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna show that...
View ArticleSouthern right whale calf wounding by Kelp Gulls increased to nearly all over...
Wounding of southern right whale calves and mothers by Kelp Gulls has increased from 2% to 99% over four decades, according to a study published Oct. 21, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by...
View ArticlePlay linked to sluggish growth in infant monkeys – but should humans worry?
For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their infancy. Now a new study in wild macaque monkeys has found that infants who play more...
View ArticleAlaska glaciers make large contributions to global sea level rise
Alaska's melting glaciers are adding enough water to the Earth's oceans to cover the state of Alaska with a 1-foot thick layer of water every seven years, a new study shows.
View ArticleWhy glaciers that flow into the ocean are extremely sensitive to climate
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience researchers present a new view of iceberg calving that explains the sudden collapse of ice shelves and sudden retreat of tidewater glaciers,...
View ArticleClimate change and the physics of falling icebergs
For thousands of years, the massive glaciers of Earth's polar regions have remained relatively stable, the ice locked into mountainous shapes that ebbed in warmer months but gained back their bulk in...
View ArticleCaribou may be indirectly affected by sea-ice loss in the Arctic
Melting sea ice in the Arctic may be leading, indirectly, to fewer caribou calf births and higher calf mortality in Greenland, according to scientists at Penn State University. Eric Post, a Penn State...
View ArticleSea level rise: New iceberg theory points to areas at risk of rapid...
In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean,...
View ArticleThe contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea-level rise will continue...
New research has shown surface ice melt will be the dominant process controlling ice-loss from Greenland. As outlet glaciers retreat inland the other process, iceberg production, remains important but...
View ArticleIt's a happy Mother's Day for endangered right whales
For marine biologists at the New England Aquarium, it's a super-sized Mother's Day.
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