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Ancient Farming Method May Help Conserve Savannahs
A fire-free farming method practiced by early inhabitants of the Amazonian savannahs could help inform efforts to conserve and...
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Where’s the Beef? Early Humans Took It
When human ancestors began scavenging for meat regularly on the open plains of Africa about 2.5 million years ago,...
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Botanical Institutions To Catalog World’s Plants
The World Flora catalog is being planned, to be comprised of scientific information and images of plant species worldwide....
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Diversity Aided Mammals’ Survival Over Deep Time
When it comes to adapting to climate change, diversity is the mammal’s best defense. That is one of the...
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Polar Bears Older Than Thought
Polar bears have been chilling on the ice far longer than is generally thought, new research suggests, and they...
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2 Years Later, Fish Sick Near BP Oil Spill Site
When fishermen returned to the deep reefs of the Gulf of Mexico weeks after BP’s gushing oil well was...
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How Well, and How Poorly, We Harvest Ocean Life
To hear some people tell it, the increasingly energetic and sophisticated fishing industry has left the world’s oceans a...
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What Triggers a Mass Extinction?
The second-largest mass extinction in Earth’s history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which enormous glaciers...
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Is Corn Syrup Killing the Honeybees?
A trio of recent studies faults a common family of corn pesticides for disorienting honeybees, potentially leading to colony...
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Evolution at Sea: Phytoplankton Can Adapt to Ocean Acidification
Fossil fuel derived carbon dioxide has a serious impact on global climate but also a disturbing effect on the...