Stress is a widespread phenomenon that occurs when, for example, humans feel threatened or overwhelmed, have too much work or are in imminent danger. We communicate to others that we are stressed through our behavior and ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2022
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Production of animal protein in China has increased by 800% over the past 40 years, driven by population growth, urbanization and higher worker wages. However, the amount of climate-warming nitrous oxide released from animal ...
Environment
May 19, 2022
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New research from Royal Holloway has discovered how natural responses to stress in plants modify the way DNA is wrapped up in the cell to help it withstand the adverse effects that climate change has on its growth.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 11, 2022
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The journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B—Biological Sciences published its theme issue "Conflict across taxa" on 4 April, which was edited by Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology Carsten ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2022
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Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of fracking have traditionally been divided along two fronts—those that primarily focus on protecting the environment and wildlife, and those that focus on protecting ...
Environment
Mar 30, 2022
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University of Adelaide research shows the effect of warming is becoming increasingly obvious as water heats up off the coasts of Australia—and is especially noticeable in the way tropical fish are behaving as they migrate ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2022
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A species of giant two-humped camel, Camelus knoblochi, is known to have lived for approximately a quarter of a million years in Central Asia. A new study in Frontiers in Earth Science shows that C. knoblochi's last refuge ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans might give viruses back to animals more often than previously understood.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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Researchers in animal welfare are urging people to be aware of the risk of heatstroke in their pets after a study showed how dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and ferrets are being taken to veterinary clinics with the condition.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 15, 2022
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The threat of disease transmission from conservationists moving wild animals between habitats or back into the wild needs to be urgently assessed to minimize risk. Experts at the University of Birmingham are calling on local ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2021
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