News tagged with breeding
California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell—evidence of success for the ...
Flemish researchers develop revolutionary technology for use in plant breeding
Nov 03, 2009 |
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In collaboration with researchers at VIB-UGent and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), scientists at the BioScience business group of Bayer CropScience AG in Gent have developed a technology that can significantly increase ...
First evidence for a second breeding season among migratory songbirds
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Biologists for the first time have documented a second breeding season during the annual cycle of five songbird species that spend summers in temperate North America and winters in tropical Central and South ...
UF releases first citrus cultivar; Sugar Belle packs a tasty punch
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sugar Belle -- a bold mandarin orange hybrid that ripens in time for the winter holiday market -- will be the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production.
Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...
Ultrasound Used for Better Breeding in Sheep
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultrasound technology routinely used to accurately predict characteristics that indicate carcass yield and value in cattle and swine can also be used in live sheep, Agricultural Research Service ...
Once feared extinct, Angolan sable wins new hope for survival
Sep 22, 2009 |
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They are Angola's national symbol and the nickname for the country's football team -- yet fewer than 100 are believed still alive.
Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012
Sep 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.
Researcher looks for answers about unique disease-resistant gene
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Virginia Tech faculty member Bingyu Zhao is investigating a disease-resistant gene in corn that prevents bacteria from invading distantly related plant species.
China panda gives birth to twins: state media
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A giant panda in northern China has given birth to twins, state media said Wednesday in rare good news for a species facing the threat of extinction.
Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor
Aug 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.
San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Prized San Diego Zoo panda Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor.
Male seahorses like big mates
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Male seahorses have a clear agenda when it comes to selecting a mating partner: to increase their reproductive success. By being choosy and preferring large females, they are likely to have more and bigger eggs, as well as ...
Researchers uncover the potential for super-sized abalone
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Designer abalone could be an option in the foreseeable future, thanks to a project conducted at UQ's Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia campus.
Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs ...
