Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds, from the smallest of wrens to the mightiest of moa. The ancestors of some species have been here for tens of millions of years, while others arrived only a few million years ago.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Agriculture faces a challenge on which the future of the planet depends, to a large extent: that of feeding a growing population through the sustainable use of natural resources, essential for producing food, but also for ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2024
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For many Australians, the family home is their largest financial asset. With an increasing variety of ways to tap into home equity, the temptation to access this wealth is ever growing.
Economics & Business
Sep 17, 2024
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At least three decades of research on the intersection of substance use with domestic and family violence consistently shows the frequency, severity and impact of violence increases in the context of the perpetrator using ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2024
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The most endangered plant species in the Mariana Islands, the legume tree Serianthes nelsonii, faces persistent threats in its recovery. These have been identified as a short lifespan of habitat seedlings and rapid death ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2024
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More than 80,000 American service members remain missing from previous wars, most from World War II. When remains are found, decomposition often makes identification difficult—but not impossible.
Other
Sep 17, 2024
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In the middle of the fast-flowing Chilkoot River, an Alaska state employee sits on a small perch over a narrow, fence-like structure and stares down into the rush of water.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2024
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The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide since 2021—and in rare cases can be transmitted to humans—may be spread through the food-stealing behavior of some seabirds.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2024
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People's deep connection with the ocean—their "marine identity"—can help us reset society's relationship with the seas, new research led by Dr. Pamela Buchan, from the University of Exeter, suggests.
Environment
Sep 17, 2024
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As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people are driven to build on steeper slopes prone to slow-moving landslides, a new study finds. Slow-moving landslides are frequently excluded from estimates of landslide ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2024
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