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Carnivora:

Lions!

Category: Cat

Lions, lions, lions. And more lions.

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A Field Guide to ALL of the Carnivores! (Almost)

Category: Books

"Carnivores of the World" is a mind blower and a beautiful book.

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Bear Attacks

Category: Animal Attacks

Animals eating1 people has always been an interest of mine, and bear attacks are among my favorite. As you know, I've got a few of my own stories, though I don 't know if I ever told this one. There were two of us canoe-camping...

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Why Was the Grizzly Man Eaten by a Bear? (Film review and commentary)

Category: Film review

I didn't want to watch Grizzly Man, but then I did watch it, and now, I want you to watch it.

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Knut is Dead

Category: Carnivora

Cuddly Cub Polar Bear Knut has died unexpectedly, at the age of four. The cause of death is unknown but speculation abounds. In memoriam, please remain silent for a moment while we play the Knut Song:...

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We Walk Among Ducks in Wolves Clothing. And Wolves.

Category: Landscape

This is the most challenging time of year for duck watching. But it may be easier than one thinks to bump into a wolf in the forest....

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Keep an eye on the prey: You'll find the predator

Category: Behavioral Biology

Even a basic and widespread mammalian trait is shaped by experience. This should calibrate one's thinking when it comes to assertions that different groups of humans have genetically determined differences in ability.

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Yellowstone area griz kills one, mauls several UPDATED

Category: Mammals

As you know, I have a long standing interest in dogs and bears and in the topic of animals eating people. (SEE UPDATE AT END OF POST)...

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The best of the best in plant biology, conservation, photography, and evolution

Category: Carnivora

I have about ten favorite species of tree, and one of them is the corotú. Why? Because of one of the most interesting plant-animal interaction stories of recent times. The story, complete with extinct elephant-like creatures and a real Sherlock Holmes science theme can be...

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The Science of Lion Prides

Category: Cat

Although the paper addresses Tanzanian lions, this is a photograph of a Namibian lion Starting some years ago, we began to hear about revisions of the standard models of lion behavioral biology coming out of Craig Packer's research in the Serengeti. One of the...

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