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• Drought Research
  Tornadoes
  Drought
  Agriculture and Food
  Seeds
  Botany
   
  

  Creating The Ultimate Drought-Resistant Lawn/Pasture Grass

  August 30, 2009 — Bluegrass hybrids ideal for pasture and for lawns could be developed faster using recently developed genetic ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Environmental Policy
  Nature
  Ecology
  Environmental Issues
  Biology
   
  

  Butterflies Being Counted In China, Australia And Israel

  August 14, 2009 — In the near future, butterflies in China are likely to be monitored using European monitoring methods. Ecologists from several Chinese research institutions and from Germany recently laid the ... > full story
• Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Wild Animals
  Grassland
  Microbes and More
  Animals
   

  Eating 'Ouch-Less' Vaccines Protects Prairie Dogs In The Lab Against Plague

  August 3, 2009 — A new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs and may eventually protect endangered black-footed ferrets who now get the ... > full story
• New Species
  Nature
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Exotic Species
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  New Theory Gives More Precise Estimates Of Large-Scale Biodiversity

  July 9, 2009 — The Census Bureau is good at profiling the US population by sampling small groups of people. Biologists, however, lack a good theory of how to estimate the richness of life in large areas like the ... > full story
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Endangered Plants
  Exotic Species
  Ecology Research
  New Species
   

  Nitrogen Research Shows How Some Plants Invade, Take Over Others

  July 6, 2009 — New research shows how plants gain nitrogen and how this allows some species to invade and take over native ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Dogs
  Grassland
  Nature
  Botany
  Veterinary Medicine
   
  

  Prairie Dogs: Influencing The Accumulation Of Metals In Plants?

  June 23, 2009 — Elemental hyperaccumulation in plants is hypothesized to represent a plant defense mechanism. The objective of this study was to determine whether selenium hyperaccumulation offers plants long-term ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Nature
  Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Seeds
   
  

  Plant Communication: Sagebrush Engage In Self-Recognition And Warn Of Danger

  June 19, 2009 — Sagebrush engaged in self-recognition and communicate danger to their "clones" or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, researchers ... > full story
• Nature
  New Species
  Endangered Animals
  Climate
  Rainforests
  Global Warming
   
  

  African Bird Species Could Struggle To Relocate To Survive Global Warming

  June 9, 2009 — African bird species could struggle to relocate to survive global warming because natural features of the landscape will limit where they can move to, according to new ... > full story
• Nature
  Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  New Species
  Ecology
  Rainforests
   
  

  Wiping Out The World's Mass Migrations: First Analysis Of The Effect Of Habit Changes On Migrating Grazers

  June 1, 2009 — Mass migrations of herbivores like pronghorn, zebra, and wildebeest are in a world-wide decline because of human changes to the ... > full story
• Petroleum
  Energy Policy
  Nature of Water
  Materials Science
  Chemistry
  Nanotechnology
   
  

  How Oil Gets Stuck Underground In Inaccessible Places

  May 11, 2009 — It is a mystery to many people why the world is running out of oil when most of the world's oilfields have only been half emptied. However some of the oil that has been located is trapped as droplets ... > full story

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