Study Sees Complex Ties Between Plants and Animals
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A new report adds to the mounting evidence that relationships between plant and animal species can be far more complex than had been thought.
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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Scientists have analyzed the genetic makeup of chickens, and it is providing valuable information about how human genes work. Washington University Genome Sequencing Center led a group of international researchers
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.
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University of Mississippi researchers have determined in a animal embryo model alcohol use fuels the growth of cancerous tumors. For almost a hundred years mounting evidence has linked alcohol use to an increased
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In the animal kingdom, a capacity for trends could mean the difference between life and death.
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A team of University of Virginia researchers is working to increase the drought- and disease-resistance of the black-eyed pea, a staple of the diets of roughly 200 million people in west and central Africa.
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Researchers worldwide are collecting seeds from wild plants to guard against the ravages of climate change.
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Genes from a biotech turf grass have spread as much as 13 miles from a test plot - a discovery that confirms the ability of altered traits to spread great distances into the wild on wind-borne pollen.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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By [Frank Munger]  Because scientists are genetically manipulating plants at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, special controls are required to prevent their spread in the environment.
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The tiny marine plants that make up the foundation of the food chain are directly affected by warming oceans, a recent study found.
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A five-year study of South Carolina pine forests offers proof of the widely practiced but controversial theory that corridors linking nature reserves help species diversity.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass has blown on the wind and pollinated other grasses up to 21 kilometres away, says a new study.
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The folk treatment hibiscus flower extract helps control cholesterol levels in animals and may reduce heart disease in humans, suggests a new animal study.