This may sound counterintuitive, but reducing the number of animals in a population can help the remaining individuals to survive through the winter.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2022
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As debates have raged on throughout the COVID-19 pandemic—from lockdowns, to mask mandates, to vaccinations—experts have sought to pinpoint the origins of the virus. Most research has centered on Wuhan, China, where the ...
Agriculture
Feb 14, 2022
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The field of animal ecology has entered the era of big data and the Internet of Things. Unprecedented amounts of data are now being collected on wildlife populations, thanks to sophisticated technology such as satellites, ...
Ecology
Feb 8, 2022
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Predators kill prey and prey attempt to avoid being killed by predators; the former obviously reduces the number of prey but, according to a new study, fear (avoiding being killed) can itself halve the population size of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first.
Veterinary medicine
Jan 4, 2022
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Many bats die at wind turbines when colliding with the spinning blades. Currently it is unclear whether all age cohorts or sexes are equally vulnerable. A comparison of age, sex and geographic origin of Nathusius' pipistrelles ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2021
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Snow monkeys living in one of the world's coldest regions survive by 'going fishing' – scooping live animals, including brown trout, out of Japanese rivers and eating them to stay alive, a new study reveals.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2021
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University of Delaware researchers are investigating consumers' willingness to purchase food products grown with recycled water.
Agriculture
Nov 18, 2021
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Researchers are highlighting the importance of basic personal hygiene, such as hand washing, after finding significant levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wild bird feces at locations close to the River Cam in Cambridgeshire.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2021
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The study, involving researchers at Nottingham Trent University, has focused on minimizing relatedness amongst the rare breed by supporting breeders with historical information about individual horses' kinship via their pedigree ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2021
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