A leading ecologist from the University of St Andrews calls for coordinated action to investigate the environmental impacts of humanity's emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment
Mar 15, 2022
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The first mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary beneath Mount Kenya under a world-leading programme to save the extremely rare forest antelopes from certain extinction in the wild.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2022
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Cod "supergenes" have shed light on how they respond to overfishing, and these supergenes could make them more resilient to other environmental changes. That's according to a new study published by scientists in Norway. ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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Predators kill prey and prey attempt to avoid being killed by predators; the former obviously reduces the number of prey but, according to a new study, fear (avoiding being killed) can itself halve the population size of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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A great many packages of sliced and vacuum-sealed smoked salmon find their way into Danish shopping carts every year. The vast majority of this smoked salmon is sourced from Norwegian aquaculture farms.
Other
Dec 6, 2021
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Maintaining genetic variation is critical to allowing wild populations to survive, reproduce and adapt to future environmental changes, says a Colorado State University biodiversity expert.
Ecology
Nov 17, 2021
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White-footed mice are able to survive and thrive with physical impairments. A new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B assessed 26 years of monitoring data on wild populations of white-footed mice—representing more ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2021
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Canada has found evidence that the parasitic disease toxoplasmosis is more common in wild animals that live in or around large urban areas. In their paper published ...
Leveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a new system that restrains populations of mosquitoes that infect millions each year with debilitating ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 10, 2021
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There is good and bad news about ginseng collection and production in Pennsylvania, and likely much of Appalachia, according to a new study conducted by Penn State researchers.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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