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Genetic buzzer-beater genes may save fish
Two distinct populations of rainbow trout — one in Alaska, the other in Idaho — share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries…
Report Offers Help in Fight Against Japanese Stiltgrass
To see the results of that long-ago event, area residents need travel no further than Southern Illinois’ majestic Shawnee National Forest, where Japanese…
Evidence emerges of ancient lake in California's Eel River
A catastrophic landslide 22,500 years ago dammed the upper reaches of northern California's Eel River, forming a 30-mile-long lake which has since disappeared….
UA Scientists Find Evidence of Roman Period Megadrought
Almost nine hundred years ago, in the mid-12th century, the southwestern U.S. was in the middle of a multi-decade megadrought. It was the most recent extended…
Farming After the Flood
“Strategies to rebuild the soil, the foundation of all agricultural production, are essential to ensure that agricultural lands impacted by the floods are…
Wildlife Conservation Society Uncovers Record Number of Jaguars in Bolivia
Using technology first adapted to identify tigers by stripe patterns, WCS conservationists have identified 19 individual jaguars by spot patterns in the…