Asian carp should be permanently cut off from Lake Michigan by sheet pile or impermeable land bridges, effectively re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River, according to a study set to be released Tuesday by a coalition ...
Environment
Feb 2, 2012
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Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions.
Ecology
Jan 4, 2012
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The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.
Ecology
Aug 30, 2011
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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our understanding of diseases like type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's.
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2011
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Field biologists following thousands of wild zebras in Africa used to joke about how nice it would be to have a bar code reader to help them identify and catalogue individual animals.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2011
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A new study by Baylor University environmental health researchers found that zebra fish exposed to several different technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) – a common fire retardant – during ...
Biochemistry
May 24, 2011
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A study by experts at the University of Exeter has revealed that couples with similar personalities make much better parents than those with different dispositions – at least in the world of zebra finches.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2011
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For centuries, hunters have imitated their avian prey by whistling through their fingers or by carving wooden bird calls. Now a team of physicists at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has reproduced many of ...
General Physics
Nov 21, 2010
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How should a country respond to a biological invader that reaches its shores via cargo shipped as international trade?
Environment
Aug 23, 2010
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A unique three-year longitudinal and vertical study of Central New York's Three Rivers system—involving the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers—has revealed that oxygen resources have become degraded by several stressors, ...
Environment
Apr 29, 2010
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