Love-shy panda artificially inseminated
Britain's only female giant panda, Tian Tian, has been artificially inseminated after failing to mate with her male partner Yang Guang, Edinburgh Zoo said Tuesday.
Britain's only female giant panda, Tian Tian, has been artificially inseminated after failing to mate with her male partner Yang Guang, Edinburgh Zoo said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2014
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Climate change is killing penguin chicks from the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins, not just indirectly – by depriving them of food, as has been repeatedly documented for these and other seabirds – but directly ...
Ecology
Jan 29, 2014
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Western Australian researchers have used stable isotope ratios from the tail feathers of bridled terns (Onychoprion anaethetus) on Penguin Island to assess how their feeding habits vary during the breeding season.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The function of a spur on the hind leg of echidnas has been revealed by research at the University of Sydney.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2013
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It's not the chicken or the egg, but marine scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have answered a basic question about red drum fish and their eggs that may eventually help save the state of Texas a great deal of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2013
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Everyone knows all about the epic breeding journey taken each year by generations of monarch butterflies between Mexico and Canada, right? Not so fast, say researchers including University of Guelph biologists.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2013
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Some birds use a different breeding strategy to others to avoid cuckoos infiltrating their nests, say scientists.
Ecology
Mar 14, 2013
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An increasing number of men suffer from fertility problems, especially in western society. The general belief is that many problems may be related to stress but it is possible that some of them may arise because men simply ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2012
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(Phys.org)—In male songbirds of the temperate zone, the concentration of sex hormones is rising in spring, which leads to an increase in song activity during the breeding season. In the tropics, there has been little evidence ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2012
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A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet its future energy needs, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.
Biotechnology
Sep 27, 2012
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