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Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms.

Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms. They say it's an industry that could bring

Researchers studied the genomes of 213 individual brown bears found in Alberta They looked for hairs on trees, poles and posts and linked them to an individual This allowed them to track where a bear rubs and how often they use a rub site The team found a link between the number of rubs and number of partners The results of that work suggest that rubbing against a tree may have a fitness component, with those doing it more becoming more attractive 

 E-Mail Brown bears that are more inclined to grate and rub against trees have more offspring and more mates, according to a University of Alberta study. The results suggest there might be a fitness component to the poorly understood behaviour. "As far as we know, all bears do this dance, rubbing their back up against the trees, stomping the feet and leaving behind odours of who they are, what they are, what position theyre in, and possibly whether they are related," said Mark Boyce, an ecolog...

Date Time Grazing livestock could reduce greenhouse gases in atmosphere, study shows An innovative approach to livestock grazing could help eliminate climate change-causing greenhouse gases, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists.  The research shows that a strategy called adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing extracts methane gas from the atmosphere, locking it inside the soil through microbial activity. Methane gas has a climate warming effect that is 28 times more poten...

His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the worlds top journals, but that was never enough for David Schindler, who died Thursday at age 80. "The importance of David Schindler was his ability to talk truth to power," said Jim Handman, a longtime science journalist and journalism professor. "He was extremely brave in doing that at a time when very few scientists in this country were willing to challenge politicians and put themselves on the line." Get top stories in your ...

EDMONTON — His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the worlds top journals, but that was never enough for David Schindler, who died Thursday at age 80."The importance of David. . .

Schindler lived in Brisco, B.C., with his wife Suzanne Bayley. He died Thursday at 80. Tributes began to flood social media on Thursday night, with colleagues and admirers crediting Schindler with spurring the creation of many of Canadas water protections.  My good friend and fishing companion, David Schindler, died today. He was one of the worlds greatest scientists and his death is a loss for all of us. Condolences to his wife, Suzanne Bayley in Brisco, BC. a href "https://t.co/zX5SBOfT2...

Work begins on a £31 million project to install superfast broadband across Gloucester Businesses and households in Gloucester will soon have access to faster broadband as work begins on a £31 million investment in better infrastructure city-wide. Neil Madle, CityFibre’s city manager for Gloucester A £31 million private investment in digital infrastructure in Gloucester by CityFibre will bring superfast broadband to the city’s homes and businesses. The London-based company has started wo...