What's new // Human predators
After our fantastic second episode with the Wolf Conservation Center’s Regan Downey last week, our next wolf school session will feature another inspiring scientist and educator, Dr. Heather Bryan. Now an Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Northern BC, Heather has played a critical role in Raincoast’s work on coastal wolves and bears for many years…
In a recent commentary published in Nature Human Behaviour, “Hypermobile human predators,” Raincoast scientists Chris Darimont and Heather Bryan raise questions regarding potential differences between human hunters and other predators with respect to the potential for disease transmission in prey populations and point out a need for further research…
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This morning my email inbox was brimming over with news about an essay published in Science by researchers from UVic and Raincoast…
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Humans are predators so unique and extreme that they are “superpredators” in a class apart from other carnivores…
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If you’re looking for the world’s top “superpredator,” look no further than your own reflection…
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Humans have emerged as a unique class of “super-predators,” exploiting other animals in ways seldom seen in the natural world…
A study by Raincoast scientists just released in the journal Science identifies humans as the planet’s super predator…
Darimont, C.T., S.M. Carlson, M.T. Kinnison, P.C. Paquet, T.E. Reimchen, and C.C. Wilmers. 2009. Human predators outpace other agents of trait change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 952-954. Human Predators in pdf