Dairy cattle: What are we breeding for, and who decides?
Scientists provide an insightful review of how US dairy industry breeding selection objectives are established, as well as detail opportunities and obstacles related to...
Study finds microbial-plant interactions affect the microbial response to climate change
Biologists have discovered that plants influence how their bacterial and fungal neighbors react to climate change. This finding contributes crucial new information to a...
Evidence of DNA collection from air
Researchers have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the air.
Tilapias are not precocious, they are just resilient
Tilapias living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments that they stop growing and reproduce at...
Floating gardens as a way to keep farming despite climate change
Bangladesh's floating gardens, built to grow food during flood seasons, could offer a sustainable solution for parts of the world prone to flooding because...
Impacts of sunscreen on coral reefs needs urgent attention
More research is needed on the environmental impact of sunscreen on the world's coral reefs.
Urban squirrels, how much are we disturbing you?
Human disturbance in urban environments makes some squirrels fail, but others perform better in novel problem-solving.
Early Earth’s hot mantle may have led to Archean ‘water world’
Earth's sea level has remained fairly constant during the last 541 million years, but a new study suggests the planet may have been covered...
Architecture of Eolian successions under icehouse and greenhouse conditions
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the foremost scientific and societal challenges. In part, our response to this global challenge requires an enhanced understanding...
A second look at sunlight
Researchers examine one of SARS-CoV-2's well known characteristics -- its vulnerability to sunlight. Their conclusion? It might take more than UV-B rays to explain...
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