News tagged with wild
Adapting agriculture to climate change: New global search to save endangered crop wild relatives
The Global Crop Diversity Trust today announced a major global search to systematically find, gather, catalogue, use, and save the wild relatives of wheat, rice, beans, potato, barley, lentils, chickpea, and other essential ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Scientists worry North Pacific salmon may run out of food
With the number of salmon in the North Pacific having doubled in the past 50 years, scientists are increasingly concerned there may not be enough food to support them, and changing ocean conditions could make it even worse.
Nov 28, 2010 |
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A tale of two cities
You would never confuse Seattle, Washington, with New York City. One is home to about 600,000 people, the other has a population of 8.2 million. One ardently protects the wild salmon thrashing through its ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Malaysia rescues rare golden cat from pot
Malaysian wildlife authorities said Wednesday they rescued a rare Asian golden cat, which was caught in a snare and destined for the cooking pot.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Study shows sea lice problem widespread
Salmon farms are transferring parasitic sea lice to wild salmon over a much wider region than first thought. That’s the conclusion of a newly published article called Evidence of farm-induced parasite infestations on ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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NASA spacecraft on final approach toward comet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The EPOXI mission spacecraft has refined its path toward a Nov. 4 flyby of comet Hartley 2, successfully performing its final maneuver today at 8 a.m. PDT (11 a.m. EDT). The spacecraft burned ...
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Nov 02, 2010 |
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Scary chupacabras monster is as much victim as villain
As Halloween approaches, tales of monsters and creepy crawlies abound. Among the most fearsome is the legendary beast known as the chupacabras.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Taming wild grapes for better wine
When you think about "wine country," Illinois may not be the first state that comes to mind. But it's actually big business on the prairie. There are 90 wineries licensed in Illinois and 1,500 acres of wine ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Averting the perfect storm for wild salmon
We hear so much about missing wild salmon and recently a record run. But Simon Fraser University scientists say a population explosion of hatchery and wild salmon in the North Pacific Ocean is leading hatchery fish to beat ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Training the trainers: How to minimize stress when horses are first ridden
The horse was domesticated many thousands of years ago and has been hugely important in the development of human civilization. It is hard to overstate its role in agriculture, in transport and communications and even in ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Fish or frankenfish? FDA weighs altered salmon (Update)
(AP) -- Fish or frankenfish? A Massachusetts company wants to market a genetically engineered version of Atlantic salmon, and regulators are weighing the request. If approval is given, it would be the first ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Roadkill studies on the rise
(PhysOrg.com) -- Roadkill is the stuff of jokes and sometimes supper. But wild animals hit by vehicles are a serious concern of some ecologists, including UC Davis researcher Fraser Shilling, who just completed ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Nature's gift for gardening may hold key to biodiversity
Gardeners are used to cross-breeding flowers to produce pretty petals or sweet scents - now scientists have shown the importance of nature's talent for producing new types of flowers.
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fears were never realised, ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'
A University of Arizona-led consortium has been awarded $9.9 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a deeper understanding of the wild relatives of cultivated rice with the ultimate goal of ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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