22/11/2005

Whooping crane eggs: one or two?

A University of Alberta scientist says removing an egg from an endangered whooping crane's nest increases the species chances of survival.

Fungi may help protect plants from disease

Scientists say they've determined microscopic fungi living inside trees might help protect the trees from disease and predators. The fungi, called endophytes, are found throughout various types of plants, with different endophyte ...

War on terror may help war on cancer

The war on terror eventually may help supply the world of medicine with new weapons to attack cancer and other illnesses, scientists say.

Scientists study early and late mosasaurs

Scientists say a lizard whose fossilized bones were found near Dallas 16 years ago is a missing link to extinct swimming reptiles known as mosasaurs.

South American swans decimated

The World Wildlife Federation says a recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands.

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