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Methane gas from cows -- the proof is in the poo

Scientists could have a revolutionary new way of measuring how much of the potent greenhouse gas methane is produced by cows and other ruminants, thanks to a surprising discovery in their poo.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep

(PhysOrg.com) -- Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0




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Roundworm research reviewed in Science publication

There are 16,000 types of parasitic roundworms causing illnesses in humans and animals. Controlling their effects on health becomes more difficult as the medicines used to treat them become less effective. A University of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups

(AP) -- A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Complex sex life of goats could have implications for wildlife management

A new study of the mating habits of mountain goats reveals the vastly different strategies of males in different populations and could shed light on the unseen impacts of hunting.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catching camels in the Gobi

In Oct. 2011 Professor Chris Walzer and Dr. Gabrielle Stalder, veterinary scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the Veterinary Science University, Vienna, successfully attached GPS satellite collars ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change downsizing fauna, flora: study

Climate change is reducing the body size of many animal and plant species, including some which supply vital nutrition for more than a billion people already living near hunger's threshold, according to a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 21

Scientists take a step towards developing better vaccines for bluetongue

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have taken a step towards producing better vaccines against Bluetongue – an important disease of livestock - after successfully ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seeing the wood for the trees: New study shows sheep in tree-ring records

Nibbling by herbivores can have a greater impact on the width of tree rings than climate, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, could ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hikers spread invasive plant seeds accidentally

Hikers may be inadvertently helping to spread invasive plants across the largest national park in Australia's New South Wales, a study has found.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

World's largest sheep an international traveler

A genetic study of the world's largest sheep species has revealed that the big-horned animals travel extensively across the moutainous borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China according to Wildlife Conservation ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Snow leopard population discovered in Afghanistan

The Wildlife Conservation Society has discovered a surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards living in the mountainous reaches of northeastern Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, according to a new ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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