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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services suggests letting bird flu spread naturally through poultry farms
A controversial proposal from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists, who say the move could be inhumane ...
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Fertilization experiment provides 50 years of data for sustainable open-field vegetable production
For 50 years, scientists in Großbeeren have studied how different fertilization strategies affect vegetable and soil quality. The box plot facility in Großbeeren hosted one of the world's longest fertilization experiments ...
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Can animals make art?
In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as "bowers."
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Unveiling the potential of Japanese bird banding data for avian movement research
Bird banding has long been a valuable tool for studying the movements of migratory birds, providing essential insights into their migration patterns, behavior, and ecology. However, despite decades of bird banding efforts ...
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Study finds a good Sphagnum moss layer growth improves carbon sequestration in restored peatlands
In a study published in Restoration Ecology, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland measured post-restoration Sphagnum moss layer growth on 18 peatland sites in Finland 10 years after restoration.
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The cicadas are coming to Georgia: Why the clamor won't be quite as loud as last year
Cicadas, those loud, large but harmless insects, will soon emerge this spring after 17 years underground in Georgia.
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How light and epigenetics cooperate to regulate plant growth
A research team led by Prof. Cao Xiaofeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered the cooperative roles of photoreceptors, epigenetic modifiers, ...
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First right whale mom and calf of the season spotted in Cape Cod Bay
The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf duo of the season were spotted in Cape Cod Bay heading into spring, the Center for Coastal Studies announced.
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Integrated pest management: A vital strategy to protect Asian rice against fall armyworm
A new study published in the journal CABI Reviews highlights the critical role that integrated pest management (IPM) plays in combating the threat fall armyworm poses to Asian rice security.
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'Smart' roots modify hydraulics to make strategic use of water, field study confirms
Plants are able to modify their root hydraulics to maintain water status and strategically use soil water, according to a new study published today in the New Phytologist. When soils are drying, plants can decrease water ...
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Thorny skates come in 'snack' and 'party' sizes: After a century of guessing, scientists now know why
When Jeff Kneebone was a college student in 2002, his research involved a marine mystery that has stumped curious scientists for the last two decades. That mystery had to do with thorny skates in the North Atlantic. In some ...
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Scientists map neural wiring of vocal circuits in songbirds
Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new details about how the brain organizes learned vocalizations such as birdsong.
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Extreme heat impacts dairy production, and small farms are most vulnerable
Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead ...
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Stingrays reveal nature's elegant solution to maintaining geometric armor growth
How does the armored tiling on shark and ray cartilage maintain a continuous covering as the animals' skeletons expand during growth?
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A social immune system: Leafcutter ants recognize and combat pathogens 30 days post-exposure
A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit behaviors that go beyond so-called social immunity, i.e. the ...
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Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls
A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the brink of extinction.
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Poor feeding habits due to climate change may cause sardines to ingest more microplastics
Researchers from the UAB demonstrate that the way sardines eat, altered due to the reduction in size of plankton, undermines the efficiency of their feeding and increases the likelihood of consuming more plastic fibers. Although ...
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Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands
The red coral colonies that were transplanted a decade ago on the seabed of the Medes Islands have survived successfully. They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the recovery of the functioning ...
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Mar 18, 2025
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Wild weather linked to weedy seadragon deaths
Marine scientists are calling for beachgoers who find weedy seadragons washed up on the shore to photograph them and send details to researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
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Feline therapy: Study suggests cats could fill an assistive niche
For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services (AAS), offering stress relief to college students, hospital patients, and those in need of emotional support. But new research suggests that some cats ...
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