Mammals that hibernate or burrow less likely to go extinct
The best way to survive the ill-effects of climate change and pollution may be to simply sleep through it.
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Experiment IDs influence of antibiotics, isolation on host bacteria
Bacteria regularly develop and deploy new antibiotics in a never-ending arms race to kill other bacterial species that compete for mutual resources. Humans have capitalized on that evolutionarily honed capability by administering ...
Ecology
Sep 1, 2022
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High-tech models help guide restoration efforts to save threatened plants
A team of scientists from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) and two universities will begin research using sophisticated topographic models to identify areas within dry forests that have the ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2012
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New study sheds light on how X and Y chromosomes interact
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated how the X and Y chromosomes evolve and adapt to each other within a population. The results show that breaking up coevolved sets of sex chromosomes could lead to ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2021
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Accidental deaths of endangered whale threatens its survival
A high number of accidental deaths this year among the endangered North Atlantic right whale threaten the survival of the species, according to conservation groups and marine scientists.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2017
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Scientists call for biodiversity barometer
For the first time scientists have put a figure on how much it would cost to learn about the conservation status of millions of species, some of which have yet to be identified. The price tag is US$60 million, according to ...
Ecology
Apr 8, 2010
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Less than 10% of transplanted cycads survive long-term in foreign soil
A 15-year reciprocal transplant study on Guam's native cycad tree, Cycas micronesica, by the Plant Physiology Laboratory at the University of Guam's Western Pacific Tropical Research Center has revealed that acute adaptation ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2021
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Living fast, dying young: Study reveals impact of habitat disturbance on social organization of Arabian babblers
Habitat change, fragmentation, and reduction caused by human activity are significant threats to the natural environment, leading to a decline in biodiversity and increased species extinction. Among the most vulnerable are ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2024
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How invading jumping genes are thwarted
Since Carnegie Institution's Barbara McClintock received her Nobel Prize on her discovery of jumping genes in 1983, we have learned that almost half of our DNA is made up of jumping genes—called transposons. Given their ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2018
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