(AP) -- Two years after an invasive mussel was first discovered at Lake Mead, the population has firmly established itself and gone on a breeding binge, with numbers soaring into the trillions.
Ecology
Jul 18, 2009
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Zebra mussels, those invaders that have wreaked havoc on the Great Lakes, have found a new way to further their damaging spread: pet shops.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2021
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Watch as these two microscopic, single-celled protozoans (protists), battle it out, resulting in one eating the other. These organisms inhabit almost any body of still water (ponds, lakes, reservoirs) and the oceans, and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2020
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E-learning could be a crucial tool in the biosecurity fight against invasive alien species such as Japanese Knotweed, Zebra Mussels and Signal Crayfish according to a new study published in the academic journal Biological ...
Ecology
May 26, 2020
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Are Laikipia's recovering lions turning to endangered Grevy's zebras (Equus grevyi) for their next meal?
Ecology
Aug 31, 2018
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The circular structure dominating this Sentinel-2 image is Pilanesberg, the result of geological activity over more than a billion years. Once a massive volcanic complex towering over 7000 m tall, millions of years of erosion ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2017
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Want a healthy brain? Get a little help from your friends.
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2015
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NOAA's first-ever long-term report of the national distribution of parasites and disease in mussels and oysters, using data gathered between 1995 and 2009, provides a new data set for coastal resource management and shows ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2015
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The Hudson River has changed in many far-reaching ways over the past quarter-century as a result of human activity, reports a team of researchers in the June issue of BioScience. Zebra mussels and other invasive species have ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2014
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Researchers are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding new ways of managing zebra chip disease and the insect that can spread it to potato crops.
Ecology
May 2, 2014
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