(Phys.org) —India's tigers are facing extinction owing to a collapse in the variety of their mating partners, according to new research carried out by scientists at Cardiff University.

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 3 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers in Britain have announced the development of a new strain of wheat that early reports suggest produce 30 percent greater yields than those currently in use.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (9) 0 |

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

May 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A novel gene associated with canine atopic dermatitis has been identified by a team of researchers led by professors Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Uppsala university and Åke Hedhammar, SLU, Sweden. The gene encodes a protein called ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

An international research team in including Christian Schlötterer and Alistair McGregor of the Vetmeduni Vienna has discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

The most supported traditional hypothesis points out that the earliest well-established human culture in the North American continent were the Clovis, a population of hunters who arrived about 13,000 years ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 18, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —An Arizona State University biologist and her team have found that the Asian subspecies of great bustard, one of the heaviest birds capable of flight, covers migratory routes of more than 2,000 ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

A University of Leeds-led study, published in the journal Ecology Letters, overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

For the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes—a type of lemur—have been sequenced and analyzed in an effort to help guide conservation efforts. The results of the ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

New research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that the giant squid exists as a single species, containing almost no genetic variation – an observation unique among studied marine ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Scientists announced they had peeked into the DNA of the giant squid, seeking to demystify a deep-sea creature that has haunted sailors' dreams for centuries.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —As is the case in all areas of science, our understanding of evolutionary biology is… well, evolving. Two such areas are macroevolution (any evolutionary change at or above the level of species ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 18, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

A genetic analysis by Baylor University biologists suggests that the stocking of Florida bass in Texas reservoirs impacts bass populations far beyond the actual stocking location.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Every summer since 1979, Kim Hubert has fished for sockeye salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay. It's a family business in tiny Togiak that has, from time to time, also employed his wife and three children.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists have used genetic testing on animals that died of natural causes for the first time, potentially boosting efforts to save endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 05, 2013 not rated yet 0 |