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The turn to CGI has sidelined many of the dogs, bears and horses of yesteryear. But ethical questions aside, there’s still some magic in filming and seeing the real thing.
Lack of opportunities are driving young people away from rural villages, leaving fewer people to scare away the wildlife.
Recent advances in computer vision and other types of artificial intelligence offer an opportunity for facial recognition to apply to bears and other animals.
Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.
Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.
Bears need to put on fat in order to survive the harsh Alaskan winters.
Studying carnivore ‘kill rates’ – typically the number of prey killed over time – can help us better understand the role of apex predators in ecosystems across the globe.
Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.
Researchers have made a fascinating observation: a polar bear used a diving hunting technique, never before reported, to capture large moulting snow geese.
We need to understand how bears are affected by climate change, and how those stresses might create new risks for humans.
Setting guidelines for human coexistence with carnivores usually falls to local community leaders. An expert explains why the federal government should step in.
People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .
These bears cannot be released into the wild, so sanctuaries are being built.
Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.
The recent goring of a tourist who approached within 10 feet of a bison in Yellowstone National Park is a reminder that wild animals can be dangerous and people should keep safe distances.
A new study finds more than one early human species lived on the landscape in Northern Tanzania 3.66 million years ago. But there are reasons to be cautious about the findings.
Even in small, densely populated countries, reintroducing large wildlife is possible.
This is the oldest genome recovered from a non-permafrost environment.
Researchers who visited parks throughout Alberta’s bear and cougar country want to know if parks education is improving park-friendly behaviour.
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Associate Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecology, UCL
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Associate Professor, Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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