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The Story of Real-Life Dire Wolves Is Finally EmergingJanuary 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM Dire wolves menaced Pleistocene landscapes for tens of thousands of years, eventually going extinct at the end of the last ice age. Despite the long success of this species, very little is known about them, including their origins and reasons for their demise. New research is helping to fill these gaps.Read more...Tags: Science, Genetics, Evolution, Wolves, Paleontology, Dire Wolves, Paleogenetics 130 people like this. Like Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar SkullsJanuary 12, 2021 at 12:34 PM The extinct thylacine had the stripes of a tiger, the body of a canid, and the pouch of a kangaroo. These ill-fated, predatory marsupials are a classic example of convergent evolution, in which species independently evolve the same traits, and a new study breaks down just how remarkably similar Tasmanian tigers’…Read more...Tags: Science, Evolution, Marsupials, Wolves, Extinction, Skulls, Evolutionary Biology, Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Tigers, Thylacines 102 people like this. Like Our ancestors domesticated dogs by sharing leftover meat during the last Ice Age, new study suggestsJanuary 9, 2021 at 8:21 AM Pyrenean mountain dogs guard a herd of goats and sheep in Brandenburg, Germany, 2019.
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Human hunters bagged more game than they could safely eat during the last Ice Age.
Rather than waste the excess meat, they fed it to wolves, which evolved into domesticated dogs over time, a new study suggests.
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It's hard to resist dogs when they beg for scraps from the table. The act of feeding leftovers to hungr...Tags: Science, News, Biology, Dogs, Animals, Trends, Earth, Domestication, Anthropology, Wolves, Eurasia, Dennis Fast, Scientific Reports, Pyrenean, Brandenburg Germany, Getty Images There 52 people like this. Like what i'm reading: never cry wolf by farley mowatJanuary 8, 2021 at 10:51 AM I have read many essays and op-eds by Farley Mowat, the legendary Canadian naturalist, but until now, had never read any of his many books. (He was incredibly prolific.) When visiting Russell Books in September, I noticed a copy of Never Cry Wolf and picked it up. I'm so glad I did! It's a short, easy-to-read book that would appeal to any nature lover, not only wolf enthusiasts like me.Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves, first published in 1963, chronicles three...Tags: Travel, Environment, Wolves, Manitoba, Wolf, What I'm Reading, Laura K, Mowat, Farley Mowat, Russell Books, Animals (other Than Dogs, Keewatin Barrens, Northwest Territories Farley 71 people like this. Like Too Much Meat During Ice Age Winters Gave Rise to Dogs, New Research SuggestsJanuary 7, 2021 at 11:23 AM Two prevailing theories exist about the origin of domesticated dogs. One proposes that prehistoric humans used early dogs as hunting partners, and the other says that wolves were attracted to our garbage piles. New research suggests both theories are wrong and that the real reason has to do with our limited capacity…Read more...Tags: Science, Dogs, Wolves, Evolutionary Biology, Dog Domestication, Dogs New Research Suggests 128 people like this. Like 57,000 year-old wolf pup found frozen in the ArcticDecember 26, 2020 at 2:24 PM From National Geographic:
In the summer of 2016, a gold miner in Canada's Yukon Territory found an unexpected treasure. While blasting a wall of permafrost with a water cannon to release whatever riches might be found inside, Neil Loveless saw something melting out of the ice. — Read the restTags: Post, Video, News, Animals, Canada, Arctic, Archaeology, Wolves, Mummies, Yukon Territory, Wild Animals, Wolf Pack, Pleistocene, Pups, Frozen Fun, Archaeological Find 91 people like this. Like Canadian Gold Miner Finds 57,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Still Covered in FurDecember 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM Her life was short. Scientists estimate she lived for about six or seven weeks in the underground den, before it collapsed around her. This tragedy and the permafrost that preserved her body are the reasons we know of this wolf pup’s existence approximately 57,000 years later. Zhùr, or ‘wolf’ in the Hän language, is…Read more...Tags: Science, Mining, Canada, Wolves, Paleontology, Pleistocene, Zhùr 112 people like this. Like Playoff heartbreak truly makes Minnesota United 'one of us'December 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM A friend of mine who watches soccer far more closely than I do and suffers the vicarious trauma of Minnesota sports to a greater degree than I do, watched with cautious optimism as Minnesota United built a 2-0 lead in the second half of its Western Conference finals match at Seattle on Monday.
The Loons were undoubtedly tired, playing on two fewer days of rest than the Sounders, with a travel day out West mixed in for good measure. But if they could just hold on, they would play Saturday for the...Tags: Minnesota, West, Seattle, Twins, Wolves, Vikings, Sounders, WNBA, Minnesota United, Lynx 31 people like this. Like Japanese town enlists terrifying robot wolves to protect them from bearsNovember 18, 2020 at 11:56 AM From Reuters:
The town of Takikawa, on the northern island of Hokkaido, purchased and installed two Monster Wolf robots after bears were found roaming neighbourhoods in September. City officials said there had been no bear encounters since.
Bear sightings in Japan are apparently at a five-year high, with dozens of attacks and 2 fatals so far in 2020, according to Japanese national news. — Read the restTags: Post, Video, Japan, News, Robots, Bears, Wolves, Reuters, Robots Stole My Jerb, Good Robots, Robots and you, Takikawa, Robot Wolves, Robots Vs Bears 120 people like this. Like A Japanese city is using these motion-sensing robot wolves to scare bears awayNovember 12, 2020 at 5:39 AM One of Takikawa's robot wolves.
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Japan has seen an unusually high number of bear attacks this year.
In response, the town of Takikawa has drafted in a pair of robotic wolves.
The machines, called "Monster Wolf," are equipped with motion sensors and lights.
If the robot's motion sensors are tripped, it moves around, flashes its lights, and makes loud howling noises to scare bears away.
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A recent spate of bear attacks in...Tags: Japan, Trends, Bears, Robot, Wolves, Reuters, Wolf, Kyodo, Tech Insider, Isobel Asher Hamilton, Takikawa, Ohta Seiki 65 people like this. Like Colorado Is Getting Its Wolves Back After Voters Approve Historic LawNovember 6, 2020 at 10:47 AM Voters in Colorado have approved Proposition 114, forcing the state government to reintroduce the gray wolf. It’s the first time in U.S. history that a ballot measure win has obliged a state government to bring back a species that disappeared due to human actions.Read more...Tags: Science, Colorado, Wildlife, Wolves, Grey Wolves, Environmental Politics, Rewilding, Wolf Reintroduction, Save The Wolves 51 people like this. Like Matt Doherty: Spurs complete signing of Wolves full-backAugust 30, 2020 at 5:19 AM Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the signing of Wolverhampton Wanderers right-back Matt Doherty on a four-year contract. The Republic of Ireland...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Sport, Soccer, Tottenham Hotspur, Republic Of Ireland, Tottenham, Wolves, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Matt Doherty, Transfer News and Gossip 45 people like this. Like At Least 8 New Pups Join California’s Only Wolf PackJuly 29, 2020 at 12:01 PM (CNN) — California officials say there are at least eight new pups added to the state’s lone wolf pack, the Lassen Pack.
The pups were spotted with the help of field observations and trail cameras, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said in its latest wolf update. Four of the pups are male and two female, the department said. The other two have not yet been genetically identified.
This June 18, 2019 photo from remote camera video provided by the California Department of Fish...Tags: News, California, California News, Cnn, Flick, West Coast, Wolves, Northern California, Lassen County, US Forest Service, Center for Biological Diversity, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish, Defenders of Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW, Amaroq Weiss 145 people like this. Like Tweets and Photos: Chelsea players react to securing Champions League qualificationJuly 27, 2020 at 5:55 AM Chelsea qualified for next season’s Champions League with a 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in yesterday’s final Premier League...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Photos, Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Premier League, Wolves, Wolverhampton Wanderers 48 people like this. Like 25 Years After Returning, Yellowstone’s Wolves Are the Most Studied but Misunderstood Good BoysJuly 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM Twenty-five years ago, wildlife managers in Yellowstone National Park undertook one of the most consequential actions in modern American conservation when they unleashed 14 wolves into the park. Read more...Tags: Science, Wildlife, National Parks, Wolves, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Good Boys 104 people like this. Like Early Team News: Chelsea vs WolvesJuly 24, 2020 at 11:54 AM Fourth-placed Chelsea need a point to secure Champions League qualifications for next season. Frank Lampard will be keen to secure that point rather...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Sport, Soccer, Chelsea, Premier League, Team News, Frank Lampard, Wolves 49 people like this. Like Tweets and Photos: Arsenal players react to beating WolvesJuly 5, 2020 at 8:05 AM Arsenal secured a 0-2 away win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday to move up to seventh in the Premier League table and dent their...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Photos, Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Arsenal, Wolves, Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 people like this. Like Dog Breeding in the Neolithic AgeJune 25, 2020 at 11:14 AM Fossils and modern DNA show the ancient roots of Arctic sled dogs.Tags: Europe, News, Dogs, Alaska, Siberia, National Institutes of Health, Greenland, Wolves, University Of California, Santa Cruz, Dog Sledding, University of Copenhagen, Genetics and Heredity, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Arctic Regions, Your-feed-science Sorry, "wolf whistle" is already taken.June 25, 2020 at 8:57 AM As I got into my car this morning, I caught the end of a discussion of what I think was Donald Trump's racism. I had MSNBC on the satellite radio, so it was "Morning Joe." Somebody with an English accent was bemoaning someone who I can only assume was Trump and he casually used the words "wolf whistle" to mean what "dog whistle" normally means, but much more dangerous.But a "wolf whistle" is...... a distinctive two-note glissando whistled sound made to show high interest in or approval of someth...Tags: Law, Metaphor, Language, Playboy, Msnbc, Donald Trump, Wolves, Trump, Joe Scarborough, Ann Althouse, Grant Barrett, Adam Edwards, Bally Manufacturing 30 people like this. Like Trump’s Latest Rollback Will Allow Hunters to Shoot Wolf Pups and Bear Cubs in Their DensJune 9, 2020 at 1:23 PM The Trump administration is finalizing a rule that will put animals in Alaska’s national preserves—including black bears, wolves and coyotes—in danger. The change will allow hunters to use cruel tactics, including luring hibernating bears out of their dens with bacon and donuts and entering wolf dens with artificial…Read more...Tags: Science, Alaska, Bears, Wolves, Trump, Coyotes, Bear Cubs, Rollbacks, Shock Doctrine 53 people like this. Like A touring Bolivian orchestra is stranded in a German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolvesMay 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM Earlier this spring, more than 20 members of Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos pan flute orchestra left their homes in Bolivia and embarked on a European tour. They arrived in Germany on March 10, right as that country's government imposed a ban on large gatherings to fight the spread of coronavirus. Within days, their bus had broken down, and all of their performances had been cancelled, and their own government back home in Bolivia announced that it would close its own borders, lea...Tags: Post, News, Germany, Ghosts, Haunted Mansion, Bbc, Classical Music, Wolves, Adolf Hitler, Bolivia, Orchestra, Wikimedia Commons CC, Traditional Music, Frederick the Great, Quarantine Life, Pan Flute 25 people like this. Like I'm trying to write up one wolf story, and another wolf story pops ups. I'm beset by wolves this morning.May 24, 2020 at 9:20 AM I express my frustration out loud like this: "Remember 'Women who Run with the Wolves'? What the hell was that?""I also remember Naomi Wolf," says Meade."May I quote you?""Yes," he answers, adding "I also remember Wolf Blitzer."So the first story I'm trying very hard to process for this blog is: "A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question/What do copyright and authorship mean in the crowdsourced realm known as the Omegaverse?" That's in the NYT. I've had the tag open since yesterda...Tags: Amazon, Books, Music, Law, Dogs, Wikipedia, Berlin, Copyright, Mythology, Architecture, Feminism, Pornography, Emma Watson, Wolves, Menstruation, Wolf 12 people like this. Like The evolutionary reason why dogs walk in circles before lying downApril 27, 2020 at 1:47 PM Why do dogs often walk in circles before lying down for bed? Turns out, it's a survival trait inherited from their evolutionary ancestor the wolf. From Southern Living:
“Turning in circles before lying down is an act of self-preservation in that the dog may innately know that he needs to position himself in a certain way to ward off an attack in the wild,” notes [veterinarian and Animal Center co-owner Lynn] Buzhardt. “Turning around 360 degrees also provides an opportunity to tak...Tags: Post, News, Dogs, Animals, Pets, Evolution, Wolves, Canines, Lynn -RSB- Buzhardt 41 people like this. Like Top 5 Premier League signings of the season 2019/20 (feat. Aaron Wan Bissaka and Mateo Kovacic)April 22, 2020 at 10:10 AM Coronavirus may have unfortunately put the beautiful game on indefinite hold, but it does give us time to review the signings of the summer 2019...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Sport, All News, Soccer, Premier League, Manchester United, Southampton, Lists, Wolves, Mateo Kovacic, Aaron Wan Bissaka 16 people like this. Like A Natural Classroom, Run by WolvesMarch 28, 2020 at 1:36 PM Their reintroduction to Yellowstone has been a scientific and tourism bonanza.Tags: News, National Parks, Smith, Wolves, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, Monuments and Seashores, Douglas W 46 people like this. Like Confirmed Team News: Tottenham vs Wolves lineupsMarch 1, 2020 at 8:01 AM Here is the confirmed team news ahead of this afternoon’s Tottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton Wanderers game in the Premier League. Spurs team...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham, Team News, Wolves, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League Spurs 11 people like this. Like The Lonely End to One Gray Wolf’s 8,700-Mile Search for a MateFebruary 9, 2020 at 6:00 AM Wildlife officials are investigating the death of OR-54, a female wolf whose carcass was found in Northern California.Tags: News, California, Oregon, Animals, Livestock, Cattle, Wolves, Gray Wolf, YouTube.com, Deaths (Fatalities, Biology and Biochemistry 25 people like this. Like Open Season In IdahoJanuary 31, 2020 at 10:55 AM Idaho to combat the growing wolf populations
Idaho lawmaker
proposed “wolf-free zones” and year-round wolf hunting seasons, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has proposed extending hunting and trapping seasons for wolves. On Jan. 27th, the commission announced a proposal to extend the wolf season taco year around across the state. Senator Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, introduced a bill that would offer increased opportunities for wolf harvests in areas with chronic wolf depredation o...Tags: Livestock, Turkey, Wildlife, Conservation, Idaho, Stories, Hunting, Wolves, Wolf, Meyers, Brackett, Bert Brackett, Idaho Department, Tips and Information, Mozambique Cape Buffalo Featured, Bert Brackett R Rogerson 143 people like this. Like Bruno Fernandes will feature against WolvesJanuary 31, 2020 at 5:22 AM Manchester United’s new signing Bruno Fernandes will be involved in this weekend’s Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers,...
Click the headline to read the full story.Tags: Sport, Soccer, Premier League, Manchester United, Team News, Wolves, Bruno Fernandes, Wolverhampton Wanderers Click 3 people like this. Like Tweets and Photos: Liverpool players react to beating WolvesJanuary 24, 2020 at 5:00 AM Liverpool reinstated their 16-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 1-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux last night....
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