Amphibian populations living close to agricultural fields have become more resistant to a common insecticide and are actually resistant to multiple common insecticides, according to two recent studies conducted at the University ...
Ecology
May 1, 2013
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Conservationists want to make sure Peter Cottontail is around for many Easters to come.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers seeking to improve production of ethanol from woody crops have a new resource in the form of an extensive molecular map of poplar tree proteins, published by a team from the Department of Energy's ...
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2013
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Human–elephant conflict in Sri Lanka kills more than 70 humans and 200 Asian elephants every year. One of the most common tools in combating these conflicts is moving the elephants into ranges away from humans, often into ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2012
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In the world of agriculture, climate protection and intensive farming are generally assumed to be a contradiction in terms. At Technische Universität München, however, scientists have come up with a new land development ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2012
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Mankind's emissions of fossil carbon and the resulting increase in temperature could prove to be our salvation from the next ice age. According to new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, the current increase ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2012
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Detailed satellite imagery about Australian landscapes will soon be only a button push away for land managers in community and non-profit sectors thanks to a partnership between Australian scientists and Google, announced ...
Engineering
Nov 6, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Silver nanoparticles can have a severe environmental impact if their utilisation in clothing continues to increase. If everyone buys one silver nanoparticle-treated sock a year, the silver concentration in waste ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 1, 2012
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A simple one-dose pill could help end the scourge of woody weeds that are choking Australia's waterways, smothering native vegetation and robbing our farmers of agricultural land.
Ecology
Aug 14, 2012
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Brown widow spiders are relatively new to North America, where they were first documented in Florida in 1935, and even newer to southern California, where they were only recently discovered in 2003. However, in the last decade ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2012
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