In the early 1960s, University of Michigan alumnus Marshall Nirenberg and a few other scientists deciphered the genetic code of life, determining the rules by which information in DNA molecules is translated into proteins, ...
Evolution
Jun 8, 2022
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Can wolf personalities change ecosystems? According to the latest research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, they can.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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New research published in the June 3, 2022 journal Science reveals that 44% of Earth's land area—some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) requires conservation to safeguard biodiversity.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2022
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As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2022
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The authors of a major study on the once critically endangered pink pigeon say boosting the species' numbers is not enough to save it from extinction in the future.
Ecology
May 12, 2022
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In 2017, a group of scientists raised alarm bells by showing that flying insects had declined in Germany by more than 70% in the three preceding decades. Studies before and since then have shown similar patterns in insects ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2022
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An international team of researchers have developed a method to assess sustainable levels of human-caused wildlife mortality, which when applied to a trawl fishery shows that dolphin capture is not sustainable.
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2022
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Imagine if you had to catch every bite of your dinner with your mouth, while flying, in the dark. You'd be exhausted, and probably pretty hungry. Though some bats go for sedentary insects, most catch their food on the wing ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2022
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A new study identifies gaps in data on streams around the world, highlighting potential priorities for future installation of monitoring tools.
Environment
Apr 25, 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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