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Friday
Nov202009

The impact of pesticides on salmon populations

A new study projects the impacts to Chinook salmon populations from non-lethal exposure to pesticides in juveniles...

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Thursday
Nov192009

Conserving whales by collecting blow samples in the wild 

New research on pathogens in whales and dolphins illustrates the incredible ingenuity that some scientists display in gathering data on species at risk...

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Wednesday
Nov182009

The challenge of passively restoring farmland to natural fields 

Researchers from the University of Sweden demonstrate that the passive restoration of abandoned farms to semi-natural grassland can take a very long time - greater than 50 years. However, the study also finds that sowing a mix of grassland seeds can aid establishment...

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Wednesday
Nov182009

The impacts of wild horses on a desert ecosystem 

Tuesday
Nov172009

When abandoned farmland passively restores back to tidal wetlands 

A new study looks at wetland recovery on formerly reclaimed agricultural lands once farming practices are abandoned and the levees are breached...

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Monday
Nov162009

Improving the success of endangered species reintroduction

Sunday
Nov152009

Can wildlife farming save rare animals from being hunted to extinction?

Wildlife farming in Southeast Asia has emerged as a potential conservation tool for rare and threatened species that are regularly poached in the wild primarily for upscale consumers in urban markets. But a new study finds that it has unintended negative consequences...read more

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Friday
Nov132009

Recovery of albatross may depend on removing paint

Thursday
Nov122009

When fishermen co-manage marine protected areas: the case of Italy

Wednesday
Nov112009

The fate of freshwater mussels in a suburbanizing landscape