A new study has found that bacteria responsible for chronic intestinal inflammation in cattle, which have also been implicated in Crohn's disease in humans, are widespread in the UK countryside.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

In the first study of its type in Canada, new research has shown caribou have a role to play in climate warming in the arctic. Despite declining herd numbers, caribou grazing is controlling plant growth in ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0

Kenya plans to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant killings, the government said on Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

A leading British wildlife charity appealed for volunteers on Saturday to help guard its herds of black rhino which are being targeted by poachers.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

Swarming is the spontaneous organised motion of a large number of individuals. It is observed at all scales, from bacterial colonies, slime moulds and groups of insects to shoals of fish, flocks of birds and ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 15, 2013 4.8 / 5 (8) 0 |

Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

Methods used to eradicate feral pigs and goats in Hawaii, Australia, the Galapagos Islands and southern United States could be employed in Minnesota to fight the Asian carp invasion.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 18, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 12

Continued expansion of branded beef programs and cattle herds with black hides are several trends identified in the 2011 National Beef Quality Audit, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research meat scientist.

Biology - Other

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

Up to 21% of herds clearing restrictions for bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Great Britain may be harbouring infection, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology this week. A cross-disciplinary group of exp ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

Each year thousands of cattle are slaughtered to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis. New research reveals that testing misses many animals harbouring the disease and shows that large herds are particularly ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Anyone who follows the latest in robot technology is almost certainly familiar with Boston Dynamics' AlphaDog, the mechanical pack mule and descendant of the original Big Dog built at the behest of ...

Electronics - Robotics

Sep 11, 2012 4.6 / 5 (10) 39 |

Veterinary researchers at Iowa State University are developing improved methods to diagnose a re-emerging swine disease that was essentially a non-issue five years ago but has become increasingly more common ...

Biology - Other

Sep 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

The trade in ivory was largely outlawed in 1989, but poaching continues and remains a serious threat to the African elephant. Seizures of large amounts of ivory, sometimes over a ton, continue to occur. Research by Alfred ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 06, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0

A gorilla accidentally hanged himself on Friday at the Prague zoo, five years after gaining the spotlight when his birth was broadcast live on the internet.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

UK researchers have shown for the first time that instead of fleeing randomly when faced with danger, sheep head straight for the center of the flock.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 25, 2012 not rated yet 1 |