Atlantic cod could be at risk from noise created by wind farms and other off-shore developments, according to new University of Stirling research.
Ecology
Jul 28, 2015
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Rising consumer interest in healthy eating and animal welfare is beginning to scramble the US egg business.
Other
Jun 1, 2014
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Sometimes a tiny innovation can crack the world's toughest problems. Take, for example, a small solar-powered LED light placed in a chicken coop in a developing country.
Engineering
Sep 17, 2013
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Street lamps, traffic lights and lighting from homes are causing a rise in our night-time light levels. For some time now, scientists have suspected that artificial light in our towns and cities at night could affect plants, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2013
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Male worms plug females after copulation as a form of 'gift', rather than to prevent them from mating again, as had previously been thought. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial chicken breeds used to produce meat and eggs around the world have lost at least half of the genetic diversity once present among their ancestors, according to a study conducted by an international ...
Feb 19, 2009
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Sometimes it hurts to dispel facts with science, but a Texas A&M AgriLife expert said even though there is a National Snuggle a Chicken Day (celebrated on Jan. 8), he hopes people don't hug and kiss baby chicks and chickens ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 6, 2024
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Two dozen rare Amazon parrot chicks left orphaned and homeless by a sophisticated wildlife smuggling operation are receiving round-the-clock care by Florida International University conservation zoologists.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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A barrage of messages from social media influencers, along with other online blogs and articles, have claimed that farmed salmon are bad for you because the fish are fed dyes to turn their flesh red.
Other
Mar 16, 2023
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Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, local media reported.
Environment
Aug 17, 2022
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