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According to a new study led by plant scientists Pennsylvania State University, a plant’s success may depend on how well the three sets of genetic instructions it carries in its …
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#Grassland restoration # Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary# Blackbuck conservation # Rajasthan ecology IBNS-CMEDIA: Once a parched and degraded grassland where blackbucks depended on handouts of food and water to survive, Tal Chhapar …
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In the canopies of a South American rainforest, a tiny soldier termite has stunned a team of international scientists with its whale-like features. Cryptotermes mobydicki, the name given to the …
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Several species of tiny fungi completely new to science—and all from Alberta—have been discovered through University of Alberta research. Three new evolutionary groups and 13 new species of “stubble fungi”—so …
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Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly across Texas skies on their 3,000-mile journey to the mountains of central Mexico. The state’s position in the center of the migratory route …
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North America has lost an estimated 3 billion birds since 1970—a nearly 30% drop across species—mostly due to habitat loss and degradation. So when a team of researchers repeated a …
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Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank erosion is responsible for a significant portion of annual flood …
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by Nicole Macdonell, University of Manitoba In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River Estuary. The goal of their …
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by Colette Derworiz, University of Calgary Researchers at the University of Calgary are suggesting a more comprehensive approach for identifying at-risk wildlife populations—such as caribou—based on individual movement patterns. The paper, published in …
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A new study by Connecticut College provides strong evidence that palm trees once thrived in subarctic Canada, reshaping scientific understanding of past Arctic climates. Professor Peter Siver’s research, published in the journal Annals …
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