A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a colleague from Germany, has boosted the yield of rice by 40% by giving test plants a second copy of a certain gene. In their paper published ...
Invasive alien mammals can have catastrophic impacts on native flora and fauna, causing species extinctions and driving profound environmental change. Classical control methods such as poison baiting, trapping, or hunting ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2022
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For years, bats have gotten a bad rap as the creepy creatures lurking in the dark. But for just as long, agricultural producers have known the winged wonder is actually the hero of the story, not the villain.
Ecology
May 13, 2022
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A survey has found that endangered and threatened insects and spiders, as well as common species that provide valuable ecological services, can be easily purchased– without adequate oversight—through basic internet searches, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2022
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Increasing numbers of free-roaming street cats is a global problem. In fact, stray cats are considered one of the world's most invasive species. However, while they pose a health risk to humans, destroy large numbers of ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2022
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Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said Monday.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2021
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Vector-borne diseases are those passed on to humans via an intermediary, a common example being mosquitoes passing on malaria.
Ecology
Nov 3, 2021
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A new study out today provides the most compelling evidence to-date that China is deliberately reducing its population of Uyghurs—a Muslim minority ethnic group—through enforced birth control, forced displacement of citizens ...
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2021
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Population growth plays a role in environmental damage and climate change.
Environment
Jan 25, 2021
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Mammal defaunation—the loss of mammals to extinction, extirpation and population decline—in the Neotropics and its adverse effects is the focus for two scientific papers produced recently by a group of scientists led ...
Ecology
Nov 11, 2020
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