However, concerns about Bt crops still exist. Now two new studies using more exacting methods show that Bt crops have no negative effects on two beneficial…
Guam experiences more tropical cyclones than any other state or territory in the United States. These cyclones–called typhoons in the western Pacific…
Under the leadership of Fraunhofer UMSICHT, 212 project partners are developing components that contribute to the sustainable processing of milk and a redesign…
Oceanographer Katie Shamberger and colleagues from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) examined coral…
Few can forget the destruction left behind by Hurricane Sandy, which pummeled the shorelines of the Eastern United States. For the tiny piping plover, however,…
Marine scientists working on the coral reefs of Palau have made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance and resilience to…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN’s) Shark Specialist Group (SSG), co-chaired by Nick Dulvy, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) Canada…
Even if it’s one speared fish at a time, it finally appears that there’s a way to fight back.Scientists at Oregon State University, Simon Fraser University and…
Asthma attacks, wheezing, cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer are some of the more glaring examples of diseases we – in worst case – can get from the…
“EDVs” is a catch-all term that includes hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles.“We wanted to see how important EDVs may be over the next 40…
In 1859 an Australian farmer named Thomas Austin released 24 grey rabbits from Europe into the wild because it “could do little harm and might provide a touch…
Since then, no other large-scale biological formation of oxygen has been found, until now. New research results show that down in the dark depths of the soil,…
The primary reason is that the wetlands prevent a surfeit of nutrients from reaching our oceans and lakes. A study from Halmstad University shows, in addition,…
The research, published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology, reveals that prolonged exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide, which is used on flowering crops to…
A step-by-step guide to reducing impacts on whales and other marine species during seismic sea floor surveys has been developed by experts with IUCN's Western…
The paper, “Optimism and Challenge for Science-based Conservation of Migratory Species in and out of U.S. National Parks,” currently appears in the online…
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