Northern bettong genes reveal low genetic diversity, complicating protection measures
Scientists surveying the endangered northern bettong have discovered one particular sub-population of the species is in significant trouble and needs urgent help.
Scientists surveying the endangered northern bettong have discovered one particular sub-population of the species is in significant trouble and needs urgent help.
Plants & Animals
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Plants & Animals
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Evolution
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Earth Sciences
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In their research, associate professor from the NRS Department Tiejun Wang and his master's student Zijing Wu developed an AI-model to automatically locate and count large herds of migratory ungulates (wildebeest and zebra). ...
Ecology
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Plants & Animals
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Human activity has degraded ecosystems and damaged biodiversity around the world, but ecosystem restoration offers hope for the future. Scientists studying the restoration of underwater seaweed forests which provide other ...
Ecology
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Researchers from Zhejiang University, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Northwest University, and Yunnan University, Aarhus University, and BGI-Research have jointly led a series of significant new studies are published in a ...
Plants & Animals
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It's time to relax the strict guidelines around ecosourcing seed for local genetic stock if we want to build resilience into our changing environment.
Ecology
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The overfishing of codfish spanning the second half of the 20th century indicates that human action can force evolutionary changes more quickly than widely believed, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Evolution
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