Meat shortages are looming across U.S. and Canada
Numerous meat processing plants have shut down, due to COVID-19, raising questions about food security and diet.
Hidden in plain sight: Seven showy tropical forest ferns described as new to science
Researchers have described seven new fern species from the rainforests of tropical America. Many of the species were uncovered as the by-product of ecological...
Hidden in genetics: The evolutionary relationships of two groups of ancient invertebrates revealed
Using high quality molecular data, researchers have re-investigated a long-standing question about the position of two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates -- Kamptozoa and...
Study resolves the position of fleas on the tree of life
A study of more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of fleas has resolved one of the longest standing mysteries in the evolution of insects, reordering...
The impact of human-caused noise pollution on birds
Anthropogenic noise pollution (ANP) is a globally invasive phenomenon impacting natural systems, but most research has occurred at local scales with few species. Researchers...
Sweet bribes for ants are key to crops bearing fruit, study shows
Flowering crops such as beans and cotton offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonizing ants in a strategy that balances their need for defense...
Sowing new seeds of knowledge about the drivers of plant diversity
A new study of Australian wildflower communities is improving understanding of how climatic stress controls plant diversity, based on the strategies different species use...
Viruses don’t have a metabolism; but some have the building blocks for one
'Giant viruses' are many times larger than typical viruses and have more complex genomes. Using publicly available metagenome data, researchers assembled genomes for more...
Ancient people farmed the Amazon 4,500 years ago … and they did it better...
The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.
Oil spill clean-up gets doggone hairy
Researchers have found that dog fur and human hair products -- recycled from salon wastes and dog groomers -- can be just as good...
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Under 10 percent of international climate fund cash reaching local projects, study shows
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LONDON, March 7 (Thomson Reuters...
Final notice.
From: The Earth
To: The people of Washington, DC, and particularly to the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
This is a letter to inform you...
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China’s plan to cut shipping emissions
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