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acipenser transmontanus

acipenser transmontanus

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12-22-2016

Acipenser transmontanus

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A new study led by Brown University has revealed that many conifer species will be threatened with extinction by 2070 as a result of climate change.

07-15-2019 Plants

Many conifer species are on the road to extinction from climate change

A new study led by Brown University has revealed that...

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A fossilized lily discovered near Crato, Brazil is about 115 million years old, according to researchers. (Image credit: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)

07-14-2019 Plants

Fossilized lily grew 115 million years ago in Brazil

A stone quarry in Brazil unearthed a breathtaking find: a...

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Two plants which have not shared a common ancestor in 400 million years still use the same defense against an aggressive pathogen that causes serious disease.

07-12-2019 Plants

Plants that diverged 400 million of years ago share the same pathogen defense

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that two...

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A new study has found that wildfires have a negative impact on key night-time pollinators: moths.

07-12-2019 Environment

Wildfires negatively impact nighttime moth pollination

Pollinators like bees and butterflies often get the spotlight in...

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Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a gene that determines how far that plant roots will grow into the soil.

07-11-2019 Plants

Newly identified gene will help scientists create plants with deeper roots

It has been well-documented that plant roots push through the...

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A new study is the first global assessment of how current trends in farming practices may be affecting pollinators and the crops that depend on them.

07-11-2019 Environment

Farming trends threatening pollinators and the crops that depend on them

A new study from an international team of researchers is...

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The moth caterpillar secretes an acid from special glands which prevents plants like the poinsettia from secreting latex stored in special canals in their leaves.

07-10-2019 Animals

Caterpillars use an anti-predator defense when feeding on sticky plants

The moth caterpillar (Theroa zethus) has evolved an anti-predator defense...

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A new study has revealed that hundred-year-old Sitka spruce trees growing on Vancouver Island contain a remarkably high amount of genetic variation.

07-10-2019 Plants

These massive, old trees were found to have thousands of genetic mutations

A study from the University of British Columbia has revealed...

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A new study has found that without the help of grazing animals, plant domestication may not have been possible.

07-08-2019 Plants

Ancient megafauna helped drive plant dispersal prior to domestication

As humans shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to permanent settlements,...

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A new Vegebot has been programmed to harvest lettuce with machine learning.

07-07-2019 Plants

‘Vegebot’ can harvest lettuce thanks to machine learning

Thanks to a machine learning crash course in the lab,...

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A new study has analyzed the influence that diet may have had on the ability of ancient Mayans to withstand periods of severe climatic stress.

07-06-2019 Lifestyle

A preference for corn contributed to the collapse of ancient Mayan society

A new study has analyzed the influence that diet may...

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