Physicists have discovered a new elementary particle—the latest member to be added to the exotic species known as tetraquarks.
General Physics
Feb 26, 2016
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Wildlife managers in Florida are finally moving to address an existential question: If the state is like an all-you-can eat buffet for invasive reptiles originally introduced as exotic pets, then why are some of those species ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2021
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554
Nothing I've read about the Baudet du Poitou donkeys prepares me for my first sight of them. They are girthy, with massive round bellies and oversized ears that swoop forward and back, sometimes independently of one another. ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 3, 2022
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Greater numbers of bison in Yellowstone National Park are affecting the biological diversity of the important streamside habitats of the park, according to a new report published in the journal Ecosphere. Riparian areas (streamside ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2023
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Thursday signed off on banning the sale, ownership and breeding of tegus, iguanas and other invasive reptiles that have overrun native wildlife populations.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2021
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251
The tall and attractive stranger has showy plumes and can make itself at home at the coast, in the city or even in your garden.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2021
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Bee populations in the United States and worldwide are declining for a variety of reasons—habitat change, climate change, insecticide use, disease, urbanization and the introduction of non-native species.
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2020
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358
In a neighborhood on the outskirts of Miami, a red-bellied woodpecker made two individual nests in two neighboring dead palm trees. It picked one. A red-masked parakeet moved into the other. Over the summer, they shared alarm ...
Ecology
Oct 29, 2019
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Biological invasions pose major threats to biodiversity, but little is known about how evolution might alter their impacts over time.
Ecology
Feb 13, 2017
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393
A study of oyster reefs in a once-pristine California coastal estuary found them devastated by invasive Atlantic Coast crabs and snails, providing new evidence of the consequences when human activities move species beyond ...
Ecology
Jul 17, 2009
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