a phenomenon known as the ‘landscape of fear.’ This, in turn, shapes the vegetation and physical aspects of their habitat. When wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park, not only did they control the elk population
A new court decision protects wolves, except in the Northern Rockies, just over a year after they were delisted. What’s next in the chaotic world of wolf conservation?
Like the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park—which had a cascade effect on restoring an ecosystem—a modified elephant has a better chance of surviving in the long run, and would fill a missing large animal niche in the ecology of the tundra, Church says. “We would like ...
If a whale were given the legal rights of personhood, it could sue for injury, a court would have to take any injury into account and any legal relief granted would have to be for the whale's benefit. Christopher Stone, an emeritus professor at the Gould School of Law at the University...
Self-driving cars are trained to make decisions about where to steer or when to brake, usingspecific (or weak) AI(artificial intelligence that is focused on completing one narrow task). They're designed with a range of sensors, cameras and distance-measuring lasers (lidar), which give informa...