Research into the diets of a large number of the world's carnivores has been made publicly available through a free, online database created by a Ph.D. student at the University of Sussex.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2021
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The human-led climate crisis has begun to impact our world in profound ways.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2021
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For decades, kibble has been our go-to diet for dogs. But the dog food marketplace has exploded in recent years, with grain-free, fresh, and now human-grade offerings crowding the shelves. All commercial dog foods must meet ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2021
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A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even greater contributor to child malnutrition and low quality diets than the traditional culprits of poverty, inadequate ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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There's an expanded nationwide recall of Sportmix pet food products underway, after links were found between a mold-borne toxin in the food and the deaths of 70 dogs, with 80 other dogs being sickened, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Veterinary medicine
Jan 12, 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic cripples food systems worldwide, governments must evolve and cooperate to heal the crisis, Johns Hopkins Professor Jessica Fanzo argues in a recent Nature op-ed.
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2021
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Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have developed a system to quickly and easily measure the antioxidant capacity of food. The new electrochemical system uses a gel form—bicontinuous microemulsion (BME), a mixture ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 12, 2020
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Foxes are considered to be particularly adaptable and suited to life in large cities. A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2020
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A healthy diet means a healthier you, which also means a healthier planet, right? Well, it's complicated.
Environment
Oct 29, 2020
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A long-term Griffith University-led study has for the first time used biochemical tracers in whale blubber to track the diet of humpback whales over 10 years.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2020
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