Across California's Central Valley, under stress from large-scale agriculture and climate change, native bee species that are flexible in their pollination behavior when around other wild bee populations appear best suited ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2021
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Spinach, a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly scaffold, provided an edible platform upon which a team of researchers led by a Boston College engineer has grown meat cells, an advance that may accelerate the development ...
Other
Mar 31, 2021
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Climate change is altering the world we share with all living things. But it's surprisingly difficult to single out climate change as an extinction threat for any one particular species protected under the Endangered Species ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2021
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After a long pandemic winter, people are eager to welcome the first cheerful blooms of spring. Lucky for them, many flowers really are popping open earlier in the year.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2021
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Plant species with short generation times are more sensitive to climate change than those with long generation times. This is one of the findings of a synthesis study by researchers from the German Center for Integrative ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2021
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For the first time, scientists have assessed how many corals there are in the Pacific Ocean—and evaluated their risk of extinction.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2021
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It seems like every day we learn of a new risk posed to native plants, from bushfires to climate change. But they're not going out without a—er—bang.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2021
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Two in five of the world's plant species are at risk of extinction. In the face of climate change, understanding why certain plant species are vulnerable to extinction while others prevail is more urgent than ever before. ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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Converting the ground under electrical transmission towers into spaces for wildlife can enable fragmented populations to connect with one another, increasing local biodiversity and providing animals around the globe an important ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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Your morning cereal or oatmeal. The bread on your sandwich. The corn chips for your snack, and the cookies for dessert. Not one would be possible with the humblest of ingredients: the seed.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2021
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