Oct. 7, 2020 — Broiler chicken producers the world over are all too familiar with coccidiosis, a parasite-borne intestinal disease that stalls growth and winnows flocks. Various approaches, developed over decades, ...
Oct. 7, 2020 — Ringed seals and other Arctic marine mammals are important in the diet of Arctic Indigenous peoples. A study spanning 45 years of testing indicates that mercury concentrations in ringed seals from ...
Oct. 5, 2020 — A new article describes the discovery of several promising small molecules that appear to reduce cellular stress in mouse skin cells and could lengthen ...
Oct. 2, 2020 — How do animals produce and perceive biological information in sounds? To what extent does the acoustic structure and its associated meaning change during evolution? An international team has ...
Oct. 2, 2020 — Research sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers to adopt modern technologies because of the ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — The songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract mates can help in monitoring and mapping their populations, according to US researchers, whose study of Orthoptera species in central ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures and crop fields, can act as a barrier to big-eyed birds, potentially contributing to their ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — In September 2015, the US National Institutes of Health placed a funding moratorium on research that involves introducing human pluripotent stem cells into animal embryos. To assess attitudes on ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — Repeating a study conducted in 1914, scientists have shown that species may be able to evolve and adapt to rapid climate ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — The number of alien (non-native) species is expected to increase globally by 36% by the middle of this century, compared to 2005, finds new ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — A new, accurate screening tool for clinical skin products has been developed which uses flatworms rather than ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — Agroecologists compare pesticides, fertilizers, manual pollination and farming costs in ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — Rapeseed has the potential to replace soy as the best plant-based source of protein for humans. In a current study, nutrition scientists found that rapeseed protein consumption has comparable ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — Scientists discovered mosquitoes are missing a gene that's critical for survival in other insects. Researchers noticed the missing gene and went on the hunt to find out how mosquitoes survive ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators such as crocodiles and giant lizards, but also entirely extinct groups such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Now ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic bird-like dinosaur, Archaeopteryx. This debunks a recent theory that the fossil ...
Sep. 30, 2020 — Decades of data allow researchers to look at predator-prey interactions in a different way: among multiple species throughout the water column. They have developed an unusually rich picture of who is ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Small watery droplets on the edges of blueberry bush leaves are loaded with nutrients for many insects, including bees, wasps and flies, according to a new study, the first of its kind. The study ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Climate warming will alter marine community compositions as species are expected to shift poleward, significantly impacting the Arctic marine ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling ...
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