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Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

High-tech spray can prevent and cure rusty plant threat

Researchers from The University of Queensland have developed a treatment that can both prevent and cure infection caused by an invasive fungal disease devastating native Australian plants.

Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her mountain aquarium

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains.

Plants & Animals Dec 21, 2023

New study reveals five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia

A new study led by scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History identifies five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia.

Earth Sciences Nov 21, 2023

Rust to riches: Goethite's role in shaping Australia

Have you noticed many Australian landscapes, like the outback and our deserts, are brown and orange? This is especially easy to see when looking at a satellite image. Australia's red center is colored by an abundant mineral ...

Plants & Animals Sep 6, 2023

Australia's least wanted: Eight alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home

This week's landmark report on the impact of invasive alien species revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at least quadrupled every decade since 1970 and that ...

Plants & Animals May 16, 2023

Using remote sensing technology in the battle to combat myrtle rust

New research using remote sensing technology has delivered promising results to scientists looking for innovative ways to help nurseries combat the spread of myrtle rust.

Cell & Microbiology Dec 20, 2022

Researchers analyze performance of bacterium in combating coffee rust

A new study has analyzed the potential of a bacterium for biological control of the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, which causes coffee rust, a major challenge for Brazilian coffee growers. An article on the study is published ...

Molecular & Computational biology Oct 4, 2022

New genetic variation from old and exotic varieties for environmentally friendly wheat cultivation

Gene banks worldwide make an important contribution to the conservation of biological diversity. In the Federal Ex situ Gene Bank at the IPK Leibniz Institute alone, more than 150,000 old varieties are preserved. In addition ...

Ecology Feb 2, 2022

Wildlife rebounds in divided Cyprus 'dead zone'

In a long-abandoned village in the UN buffer zone that divides Cyprus, an endangered curly-horned wild sheep offers hope not only for wildlife but that bitter ethnic divisions might slowly be healed.

Earth Sciences Sep 15, 2021

A journey into an Alaskan volcano

I'm writing this note from the Steadfast; an old 108 ft long crabber boat equipped with a helipad, crane, five state rooms, kitchen, living room, two skiffs, and a science laboratory. The ship was acquired by the Alaska Volcano ...

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