New research cracks illegal wildlife trade
Scientists have developed a revolutionary way to determine if animals are being illegally trafficked.
Scientists have developed a revolutionary way to determine if animals are being illegally trafficked.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2018
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Of the 37 trillion cells in the typical human body, the ability to distinguish one type of cell from another isn't as straightforward as you may think.
Biotechnology
Apr 09, 2018
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Fish species that are both economically and ecologically important in South America live mysterious lives.
Ecology
Jun 07, 2016
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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 07, 2013
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Long before plants and animals inhabited the earth, when life consisted of single-celled organisms afloat in a planet-wide sea, bacteria invaded these organisms and took up permanent residence. One bacterium eventually became ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2013
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Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified patterns of epigenomic diversity that not only allow plants to adapt to various environments, but could also benefit crop production and the study of ...
Biotechnology
Mar 06, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A Canadian research team, helped by scientists at The University of Manchester, has discovered the first evidence of an extinct giant camel in the High Arctic. The three-and-a-half million year old fossil was ...
Archaeology
Mar 05, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Peter Willis and his team of researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., had a problem. Actually, more like they had a solution that needed a problem. Confused? Let's let Peter give it ...
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Deciphering the very early history of life on Earth is difficult. In the darkest recesses of the first billion years there are no 'body' fossils - no physical remains. Instead, scientists use chemical signals ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special chemical markers. These markers, called isotopes, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2009
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