A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2022
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Gun and ammunition sales in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. And although it may come as a surprise, this trend has supported conservation activities.
Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2022
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In a world-first, the DNA of a vulnerable species, the iconic Arabian Oryx, has been decoded. An international team led by the University of Sydney undertook this project to ensure the survival of the species, by using the ...
Ecology
Mar 16, 2022
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Studies comparing animal genomes generally focus on the DNA sequence itself. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis shows how the three-dimensional scaffolding of chromosomes is related across several ...
Biotechnology
Feb 21, 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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A team of biology researchers at Georgia State University has found that some of the newer variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect the respiratory tract of wild mice, unlike the original strain that emerged ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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During an investigation of wild orchid resources in Sichuan Province (the second National Key Protected Wild Plant Resources Survey), researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 04, 2022
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Avoid or compete, eat or be eaten, exploit or cooperate—biotic communities are shaped by species interactions in many different ways. Urban environments represent a special case as human presence and influence may have ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2021
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For thousands of years, people have been keeping wild birds. It is often a deeply ingrained part of the culture. One of the more recent trends to emerge from this practice is the singing contest which pits male birds against ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 08, 2021
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An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy of the UAB shows that knowledge of Amazonian ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 06, 2021
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