More than 13,000 ships per year, carrying more than 284 million tons of cargo, transit the Panama Canal each year, generating roughly $1.8 billion dollars in toll fees for the Panama Canal Authority. Each time a ship passes ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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(AP)—Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.

Biology - Other

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which causes a highly contagious and economically devastating ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 17, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Arnold van Huis is an expert on tropical insects specialised in pest management and biological control based at Wageningen University. He advocates growing insects as feed for livestock and for human consumption. Here, van ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

The number of bears roaming the Pyrenees remained stable at a minimum of 22 last year, thanks largely to the continued virility of Pyros, the undisputed daddy of the colony.

Biology - Ecology

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The large-scale production of edible insects is unavoidable in order to continue feeding the ever-increasing global population and providing them with enough animal protein. Insect farming can be compared ...

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (9) 3 |

Biogas-based energy could solve both the environmental concern of agricultural waste and reduce dependency of fossil fuels, particularly in Eastern Europe, albeit at a steep production cost.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a disease that is almost always fatal in cattle. Cows contract MCF after coming into contact with wildebeest carrying a form of herpes virus known as alcelaphine ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

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Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falköping, Sweden. The researchers have for example ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 26, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

There has been much talk about sustainability, but little attention has been paid to its nutritional aspects. University of Illinois animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson, in cooperation with scientists at natural pet ...

Biology - Other

Apr 22, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 2

(Phys.org) —In the wake of several manure-pit fatalities on mid-Atlantic farms in recent years, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have published a new, international standard ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 22, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

Not only do humans emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but they also do things that help remove these gases from the atmosphere—for example, planting more forests or other land management techniques can lead to greater ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 10, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Agricultural producers on the west side of California's San Joaquin Valley (WSJV) used to drain irrigation wastewater into Kesterson Reservoir, a series of holding ponds that were part of the San Luis National ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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A livestock feed supplement contaminated with human faeces is being blamed for an outbreak of parasite infection in a cattle feedlot in northwest NSW.

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