Return of the wolf: a biological recovery becomes a cultural victory for the Nez Perce tribe

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The Nez Perce tribe is in charge of managing the reintroduction of the gray wolf to the range it formerly inhabited in Idaho. This is the first time that a Native American tribe has been responsible for managing an endangered species for an entire state. Both the Nez Perce and the wolf were displaced by white settlement of the West, and the tribe has a cultural affinity with the wolf. The return of the wolf has become a symbol of the renewal of the tribe.

Management, Native Americans, Endangered species, Environmental policy, Native North Americans, Gray wolf, Nez Perces

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Living with wolves: in rural Bulgaria, the revival of one of the world's oldest breeds of livestock-guarding dog is helping to save a close canid relative - the wild wolf

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Karakachan dogs are being used to protect sheep flocks from wolf predation in southwestern Bulgaria, which in turn is helping preserve the wolves themselves. Karakachan dogs were bred approximately 5,000 years ago by a nomadic tribe of the same name to defend their flocks. The breed, almost extinct, is being revived to perform the same tasks, which will help wolves avoid being shot and killed by humans.

Bulgaria, Methods, Natural history, Wildlife management, Working dogs, Arctic wolf

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It's showtime on the reef

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef was covered by a plethora of sperm and eggs from coral polyps during the 1995 spawning phenomenon. The reef is distinguishable from space yet these tiny marine animals are the size of half of a pencil's diameter. Coral reproduction occurs when the coral breaks off and grows into separate colonies and when an egg combines with a sperm to form new coral polyp.

Evaluation, Great Barrier Reef, Corals, Coral reef biology

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