News tagged with eucalyptus trees

Eucalyptus genetic secrets unlocked

The world’s most farmed tree has had its genome read, opening the way to new breeding, biofuel, and conservation opportunities.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ask the Eucalyptus connoisseurs

Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which individual trees they visit. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paper industry tests genetically altered trees

The commercial paper industry's plans to plant forests of genetically altered eucalyptus trees in seven Southern states has generated more cries from critics worried that such a large introduction of a bioengineered ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Genome sequencing complete on plodding amoeba that flips into free-swimming flagellate (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the long evolutionary road from bacteria to humans, a major milestone occurred some 1.5 billion years ago when microbes started building closets for all their stuff, storing DNA inside a nucleus, for example, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Australia to protect most vulnerable koalas

Australia moved on Monday to protect its most vulnerable koalas, listing the much-loved furry tree-dwellers as a threatened species in parts of the country.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Electricity from trees

Plants have long been known as the lungs of the earth, but a new finding has found they may also play a role in electrifying the atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Iconic marine mammals are 'swimming in sick seas' of terrestrial pathogens: researchers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parasites and pathogens infecting humans, pets and farm animals are increasingly being detected in marine mammals such as sea otters, porpoises, harbour seals and killer whales along the Pacific ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA map sees Earth's trees in a new light

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests. The map will help scientists better understand the role forests play in climate change and how their heights ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mozambique's new forests may not be as green as they seem

Foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to plant forests in Mozambique, but conservationists fear the investments aren't as good for the environment as they might initially seem.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Tree frogs chill out to collect precious water

Research published in the October issue of The American Naturalist shows that Australian green tree frogs survive the dry season with the help of the same phenomenon that fogs up eyeglasses in the winter.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fears for koalas as study reveals 'marked decline'

Australia's much-loved koala is under increasing threat and should be considered a vulnerable species, an official report found Thursday, with habitat loss seeing their numbers plunge.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Reforestation research in Latin America helps build better forests

A tropical forest is easy to cut down, but getting it back is another story. In a special issue of the journal Forest Ecology and Management, leading researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and across Latin ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eucalyptus tree genome deciphered

The key to the survival of forestry in South Africa as well as many new possibilities for renewable bioproducts like biofuels and biopolymers may now be available with the click of a mouse.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reserve saves trees but not monarch butterflies

(AP) -- This small patch of mountain fir forest is a model of sorts for the global effort to save trees and fight climate change. The problem is that saving trees has not saved the forest's most famous visitors: ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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