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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Husbands should be taking a clue from nature when it comes to looking for a home, as new research emerges that shows mama bear knows her stuff. Research published in the journal PLoS ONE has found that the mother bears know best when it comes to selecting a place to live. The new University of Alberta study explored whether the rearing of cubs by their mothers shaped which habitats grizzly bears eventually choose. Lead author...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) announced that the Reynolds American Foundation will donate $140,000 to the American Red Cross to help provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy that hit the east coast of the United States. Recovery efforts continue in the areas affected by the storm and all seven chapters of the Heart of Carolina Region of the Red Cross in North Carolina have been busy helping deploy more volunteers to the...

DOSWELL, Va., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring has arrived in Central Virginia and there is no better way to celebrate longer days and warmer weather than with Kings Dominion's official opening on Friday, April 6. Plan to soar and roar this season as the park debuts the breathtaking WindSeeker, a 30-story-tall swing ride, and Dinosaurs Alive!, a unique six-acre interactive dinosaur exhibit that features 36 full size dinosaurs. To view the multimedia assets associated with this...

Grizzly bears vs. boneyards and bureaucracy The ranchland near the southwestern Alberta town of Pincher Creek is a hot zone for grizzly bear encounters according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta. The research, led by former U of A graduate student Joe Northrup, mapped the locations of 303 grizzly bear encounters over the last 10 years. There were no human fatalities despite the fact that the vast majority of the encounters happened on private ranch...

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 26, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- A federal agency's negligent removal of bear warning signs in the Kitty Creek area of the Shoshone National Forest led to the fatal grizzly bear mauling of a 70-year-old botanist last year, according to a lawsuit filed in Wyoming federal court by The Spence Law Firm, LLC. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST), responsible for long-term bear research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, removed warning...

RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kings Dominion will soar and roar into 2012 with the addition of two new attractions to the park's already world-class ride and attraction lineup. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110901/CL60963 ) WindSeeker, a towering 30-story-tall swing ride will rise almost as high as Kings Dominion's iconic Eiffel Tower, and park visitors can step back in time with Dinosaurs Alive!, a unique new interactive dinosaur exhibit. WindSeeker features...

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, three rescued grizzly bears arrived at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society (NLWS) shelter in Smithers, British Columbia. The bear cubs will undergo several months of rehabilitation before they are fit for release back to the wild. The effort is part of a unique cooperative pilot project between the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the B.C. Ministry of Environment and NLWS. The bears' mother was shot as she charged...

LOVELAND, Colo., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary production company Grizzly Adams(R) Productions has announced that it has signed an agreement with San Diego-based 3D production studio PassmoreLab to convert 500 of its feature films, television series, and documentaries to 3D. According to Charles E. Sellier, CEO of Grizzly Adams Productions, when completed, the estimated seven-year, $200 million project "will create the largest 3D library in the entertainment industry." In addition to...

Canadian environmentalists are asking for stricter conservation measures as the controversial grizzly bear hunt began over the Easter weekend. A group of scientists at two environmental organizations said the kill rate in past seasons exceeded provincial limits and will endanger the animals. "The number of grizzlies being killed in British Columbia is excessive," Faisal Moola of the David Suzuki Foundation said in a statement."The government's own data show that humans are...

Competition from other bears may threaten a polar bear populationBiologists affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and City College of the City University of New York have found that grizzly bears are roaming into what was traditionally thought of as polar bear habitat"”and into the Canadian province of Manitoba, where they are officially listed as extirpated. The preliminary data was recently published in Canadian Field Naturalist and shows that sightings of Ursus arctos...