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'Climate-Smart Strategies' Proposed for Spectacular US-Canadian Landscape
March 7, 2013 A new report creates a conservation strategy that will promote wildlife resiliency in the Southern Canadian Rockies to the future impacts of climate change and road use. The report's "safe passages ... > full story -
Stocking Florida Bass in Texas Reservoirs May Alter Stream Systems Connected to Stocked Reservoirs
March 7, 2013 A genetic analysis by biologists suggests that the stocking of Florida bass in Texas reservoirs impacts bass populations far beyond the actual stocking ... > full story -
Fatty Acids Could Lead to Flu Drug
March 7, 2013 Flu viruses are a major cause of death and sickness around the world, and antiviral drugs currently do not protect the most seriously ill patients. A new study reveals that a compound derived from ... > full story -
Porpoises Have to Be Careful in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands
March 7, 2013 The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ... > full story -
Robotic Fish Gain New Sense: Navigate Water Currents and Turbulence
March 6, 2013 Scientists have developed robots with a new sense -- lateral line sensing. All fish have this sensing organ but so far it had no technological counterpart on human-made underwater ... > full story -
Why Fish Is Better Than Supplements: Omega-3s from Fish Vs. Fish Oil Pills Better at Maintaining Blood Pressure in Mouse Model
March 5, 2013 Researchers show how fish oils help lower blood pressure via vasodilation at ion channels. In vascular smooth muscle cells, such as those that line blood vessels, ion channels that span the outer ... > full storyMore: -
Fishers Near Marine Protected Areas Go Farther for Catch but Fare Well
March 5, 2013 Fishers near marine protected areas end up traveling farther to catch fish but maintain their social and economic well-being, according to a study by fisheries scientists. The study is one of the ... > full story -
Shark Fisheries Globally Unsustainable: 100 Million Sharks Die Every Year
March 1, 2013 The world’s shark populations are experiencing significant declines with perhaps 100 million – or more - sharks being lost every year, according to a new ... > full story -
Fish Migrate to Escape Predators
March 1, 2013 By individually tagging fish in a lake and following their movements, a research team has shown that migration is a very effective defense against being ... > full storyMore: -
Sea Lamprey Genome Mapped
February 28, 2013 Beginning in 2004, a group of scientists from around the globe set out to map the genome of the sea lamprey. The secrets of how this jawless vertebrate separated from the jawed vertebrates early in ... > full story
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