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UC Berkeley researchers find fences in Wyoming impact deer migration
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According to UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Wenjing Xu, deer grazing grasslands promotes a “very healthy growth cycle in grasses, which can remove more carbon from the atmosphere than forests. Grazers that are trapped in a pasture by an impenetrable barrier – such as a fence – can overgraze, ultimately resulting in fragmented landscapes and negative impacts on climate change. (Photo by marksbunker.)
Last Updated January 18, 2021
Why Humans Can’t Run Cheetah Speeds (70mph) and How We Could
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
Why is it that cheetahs can run so fast? How can humans get to be that fast?
In this recent video from Wired, Cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Chris Raynor explain why cheetahs are so quick and why humans and limited comparatively.
Adrienne Crosier is a biologist and manager of the cheetah reproductive and research program at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. SCBI plays a leading role in the Smithsonian’s global efforts to save wildlife species from extinction and train future generations of conservationists.