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Colorado River's dead clams tell tales of carbon emission
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have begun to account for the topsy-turvy carbon cycle of the Colorado River delta - once a massive green estuary of grassland, marshes and cottonwoo...
Scientists at MIPT beat the clock by quickly finding out what makes plants tick
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
Agricultural biotechnologists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed a screening technique that can quickly determine how chemi...
Indirect effects of rising CO2 levels on ecosystems more important than previously thought
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
The indirect effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, such as changes in soil moisture and plant structure, can have a bigger impact on ecosys...
Mutant plants reveal temperature sensor
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
As we push the limits of agriculture to feed more people in a warmer world, we do not understand how plants sense temperature. In a surprising turn of events sc...
Plant 'thermometer' discovered that triggers springtime budding by measuring night-time heat
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has discovered the 'thermometer' molecule that enables plants to develop according to sea...
Video of world's 'saddest polar bear' in China sparks outrage
Oct 28, 2016 (AFP)
A global campaign to free the world's "saddest polar bear" from a Chinese shopping centre has gathered one million signatures, rights groups said, as a new vide...
Humanity killing off Earth's wildlife: study
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and act...
The gene of autumn colors
Oct 27, 2016 (SPX)
In plants, the pigment chlorophyll plays a central role in photosynthesis: the process of converting sunlight to energy. This process involves creating a flow o...
Humanity decimating planetary wildlife: report
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and act...
Understanding bacteria's slimy fortresses
Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)
Princeton researchers have for the first time revealed the mechanics of how bacteria build up slimy masses, called biofilms, cell by cell. When encased in biofi...
The houseplant with a blueprint for improving energy harvesting
Oct 25, 2016 (SPX)
For many people, nanotechnology belongs in the realm of science fiction. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Essex have solved the mystery of the blu...
Madagascar lemurs find refuge in private sanctuary
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Threatened by habitat loss and hunting, Madagascar's lemurs, a critically endangered species, are finding refuge in a private sanctuary on this vast Indian Ocea...
Plant discovered that neither photosynthesizes nor blooms
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
Project Associate Professor Kenji Suetsugu (Kobe University Graduate School of Science) has discovered a new species of plant on the subtropical Japanese island...
Adapting to the heat
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
In classic experiments on frogs, scientists found that the amphibians' urge to escape from dangerously hot water decreased significantly when the water temperat...
Cuddles and Kalashnikovs: protecting DR Congo's mountain gorillas
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
A powerful combination of love and guns is helping rebuild an endangered gorilla community in the jungles of war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thre...
How do insects walk on water? Shadows reveal their secret
Oct 19, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists have long struggled to study the floating gait of the water strider. How do the delicate insects walk on water? Boats float by displacing water. As t...
'Catastrophic decline' of gorillas in war-torn DRC
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
A critically endangered gorilla species in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo has lost more than three-quarters of its population and risks disappearing ...
Humans eating wild mammals into extinction: study
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Some 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a worl...
Belgian tourist trampled to death by elephant in Kenya
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
A Belgian tourist was trampled to death by an elephant near Kenya's famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve, police said Wednesday, the second such incident in a mon...
Out of the countryside, wildlife returning to Amsterdam
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
Seals peep from Amsterdam's famous canals, while rare bats huddle in the eaves of houses, next to nesting birds. Wildlife -- of the animal kind -- is on the ris...
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