Montana – Kettinki

2025-04-18 @ 13.59.35 ∈ In English

What the Caribou Remember - bioGraphic

The caribou, researchers concluded, remembered the deaths of their kin or the conditions that led to them. Using that information, many chose a different location [for their winter range], where the survival rate ended up being slightly better and a lot more consistent.

2024-05-03 @ 17.11.30 ∈ In English

Researchers determine large numbers of wild mountain goats are killed every year by avalanches

The research team found that death by avalanche was common for the goats—in one region, it was responsible for 65% of deaths. They found that overall, approximately 8% of all wild mountain goat deaths in Alaska were due to avalanches—a percentage they describe as significant.

2023-10-08 @ 20.11.11 ∈ In English

‘Like butter for bears’: the grizzlies who dine on 40,000 moths a day

Full of fat – some biologists call them “bear butter” – they’ve proved to be an important source of food for the region’s grizzlies. Biologists estimate about 200 bears each year feast on moths in the eastern portion of the carnivores’ range. Each gram of moth offers bears about eight calories, which means some bears will eat up to 40,000 a day.