Biologists document the secondary extinction of a disease-carrying mosquito following rat eradication on Palmyra...
The Asian tiger mosquito -- carrier of such diseases as dengue, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Chikungunya and Zika -- appears to have vanished...
Researchers track down ‘forged’ superfoods
Chia seeds, Moringa powder, Açai or Goji berries, the list of foods with alleged health benefits is increasing constantly. Health-conscious consumers love “superfoods” that...
The ideal settlement site on Mars? Hotspots, if you asked a crop
Selecting the perfect landing site will be essential for the successful establishment of the first Mars colony. Growing food crops will be one of...
Plants evolve away from obsolete defenses when attacked by immune herbivores, study shows
Do you know what caused soldiers to stop wearing chainmail and steel plate armor? Evolution.
Really, guns made armies drop steel gauntlets and breastplates. Bullets...
Tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops
A simple genetic modification can triple the grain number of sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of food, animal feed, and...
New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice
Nitrogen fertilizers (applied as nitrate, NO3-, or ammonium, NH4+) improve the amount of grain produced per acre, but nitrogen runoff and volatilization pollute the...
When every fish counts: Genetic tools can ensure accuracy of identification of endangered fish
Genetic analysis showed about one-third of endangered delta smelt were misidentified in surveys of the Yolo Bypass. Their study found that genetic tools can...
Damage encourages maple species to become female
A few years ago, Rutgers researcher Jennifer Blake-Mahmud was working on a botany project in Virginia when colleagues pointed out a striped maple, a...
Grey squirrels beat reds in ‘battle of wits’
Problem-solving powers may help to explain why grey squirrels have taken over from native red squirrels in the United Kingdom, according to new research.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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