Feb 12 2010

When Spring Arrives, Life is Timing

Tag: Animal Breeding, Animal Relationships, Climate Change, Global Warming, Meteorology, Spring — John D. Cox @ 6:20 pm
The most comprehensive and systematic analysis of the environmental impacts of a changing climate confirms what many individual studies have found -- the arrival of warmer temperatures earlier in the year is posing a variety of life-cycle risks to plants ...

Feb 03 2010

Migrating Cranes Get a Little Ultralite Assistance

Tag: Animal Breeding, Animal Instincts, Animal Science — Sarah Dowdey @ 7:13 pm
Each year in late January, an ultralight aircraft descends on Florida with a flock of young whooping cranes in tow. The birds, which are from central Wisconsin, follow the aircraft across the country to one of two wildlife preserves in ...