News tagged with native
Climate change forcing a 'move it or lose it' approach to species conservation?
What does it take to save a species in the 21st century? The specter of climate change, with predicted losses to biodiversity as high as 35 percent, has some scientists and managers considering taking their conservation strategies ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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A virtual Babylonian comeback 2,000 years after disappearence of natives
Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian is being lined up for an unlikely comeback, in an online audio archive.
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Scientists look at deodorant for New Zealand's smelly birds
Scientists say they are hoping to develop a deodorant for New Zealand's native birds to stop them falling prey to introduced predators.
Sep 24, 2010 |
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College students want more information about native wildflowers
A new trend shows native wildflowers are becoming more popular with consumers. The wildflower seed industry has experienced gains in popularity over the past 30 to 40 years and is considered to be a maturing, ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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White House names overseer of federal effort against invasive Asian carp
The White House has tapped a former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Wildlife Federation as the Asian carp czar to oversee the federal response to keeping the invasive species out of the ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Developing alternatives to invasive shrubs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Connecticut's largest group of ornamental plant growers recently took a big step towards curtailing the spread of invasive plants in the state. In June, the Connecticut Nursery and Landscape ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Scientists find new invasive fresh water clam species in Lake George
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species (Corbicula fluminea) was located in the Village of Lake George and poses a serious threat to native mussels and the Lake George ecosystem, according to Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, direct ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Professor explores Two-Spirit literature in Northwest native groups
Western culture's grappling with homosexuality and alternate genders isn't strictly limited to the United States, but is also prevalent in many Native American and native Alaskan groups -- or native nations. That issue is ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Economists weigh lost trade and costs of control against economic damages
How should a country respond to a biological invader that reaches its shores via cargo shipped as international trade?
Aug 23, 2010 |
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UF researchers identifying, developing noninvasive ornamental plant varieties
Plants from around the world beautify America’s yards, and to minimize the chance that exotic species will grow where they shouldn’t, University of Florida researchers are identifying and developing varieties ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Reconciliation ecology: The fun way to adapt to climate change
A University of Arizona ecologist plans to involve Tucson neighborhoods in a giant test of reconciliation ecology.
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Gender-bending fish on the rise in southern Alberta
Chemicals present in two rivers in southern Alberta are likely the cause of the feminization of fish say researchers at the University of Calgary who have published results of their study in the journal Environmental To ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Shade-coffee farms support native bees that help maintain genetic diversity in remnant tropical forests
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world's most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Foreign accents make speakers seem less truthful to listeners
A foreign accent undermines a person's credibility in ways that the speaker and the listener don't consciously realize, new research at the University of Chicago shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Dogs outdo humans at detecting rare noxious weed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A field test in Montana pitted dog against human in an effort to identify and eradicate spotted knapweed. This weed threatens the survival of native species and can bring about both economic and ecosystem ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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