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Ecology Jan 29, 2025

Soil moisture levels vary across Texas amid ongoing drought

Drought conditions continue to influence agricultural production across more than half the state, but large swaths of Texas are experiencing the best soil moisture in years, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...

Plants & Animals Jan 21, 2025

Spotted hyena found in Egypt for the first time in 5,000 years

A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has been found in South Eastern Egypt, the first recorded instance of the creature in this region for thousands of years.

Ecology Jan 20, 2025

1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes—but other animals can be more likely to eat them

Around the world, humans routinely kill carnivores to protect livestock and game, increase human safety and conserve native wildlife. Unfortunately, killing carnivores often creates new problems, including population booms ...

Agriculture Jan 17, 2025

EU watchdog approves new vaccines against bluetongue

The EU's medicines watchdog on Friday gave the thumbs up to two new vaccines against the bluetongue virus which struck parts of Europe from late 2023, infecting thousands of sheep, goats and cattle.

Evolution Jan 15, 2025

Conquest of Asia and Europe by snow leopards during the last Ice Ages uncovered

An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the first time. The discovery has allowed them to trace the evolutionary history of the species during the Quaternary period and to propose how ...

Agriculture Jan 13, 2025

Germany races to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak amid export fears

Germany took further steps Monday to limit the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease, as an outbreak of the virus threatened to hit the country's agricultural exports.

Veterinary medicine Jan 10, 2025

Germany reports foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo

Germany on Friday registered three cases of foot-and-mouth disease in water buffalo on a farm near Berlin, the country's first reported cases of the livestock disease since 1988.

Agriculture Jan 6, 2025

Drought and farming: How women in South Africa are using Indigenous knowledge to cope

Africa's small-scale farmers make up nearly 80% of all farms in the agriculture sector. In South Africa, there are about 2 million small-scale farmers, predominantly Black and based in the eastern summer rainfall region of ...

Ecology Jan 3, 2025

Breeding success: London zoo counts its animals one-by-one

With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake.

Ecology Dec 25, 2024

Climate change is making plants less nutritious—that could already be hurting animals that are grazers

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their ...

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