An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants "live fast and die young" whilst others have long and healthy lives.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2018
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The British mainland was formed from the collision of not two, but three ancient continental land masses, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2018
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Results from the first systematic survey of rural hedgehog populations in England and Wales using footprint tracking tunnels has been published in Scientific Reports today.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2018
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29
When she set out to understand whether climate changes over the past century might be effecting how much insects were eating various plants, Emily Meineke decided to go straight to the source—the plants themselves.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2018
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Signs of a 1755 earthquake that was strong enough to topple steeples and chimneys in Boston can be seen in a sediment core drawn from eastern Massachusetts' Sluice Pond, according to a new report published in Seismological ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2018
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155
A new study, led by scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and colleagues at the University of Maine and NOAA, demonstrates how conservation practices championed by Maine lobstermen help make the lobster fishery ...
Ecology
Jan 22, 2018
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Officials with the federal government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them.
Ecology
Dec 10, 2017
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Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn't likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study suggests. The research is groundbreaking ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2017
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61
An ordinary-looking freezer in a sturdy cinderblock shed at a suburban Boston botanical garden holds what might be New England's most important seed catalog.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2017
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98
Transmission lines may be eyesores for most people but for songbirds, the forest around them might just be critical habitat.
Ecology
May 21, 2017
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