Jun 10 2011
Milk Clean After Floods
Milk gets a clean bill of health even from cows grazing from flood-contaminated soils.
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Apr 06 2011
Caribbean Black Corals Date Back to Jesus
Alive and growing slowly in some of the deepest parts of the ocean, black coral provides a living link to history.
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Feb 22 2011
Fighting Malaria with Oil and Fungus
When is an oil spill a good thing? How about when it helps fight malaria?
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Feb 21 2011
US Researchers Defend Animal Testing
The subject may be unpalatable, but animal research has improved the quality of human life.
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Jan 26 2011
Polar Bear Swims for Nine Days, Pays Heavy Price
Researchers have tracked a polar bear swimming for nine straight days, but losing 20 percent of her body mass, and her young cub, in the process.
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Jan 11 2011
Lack of Spare Species Leaves Ecosystems Flat
Back-up species play a critical role in keeping populations from crashing.
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Jan 07 2011
Biofuel Grasslands For the Birds
A diversity of grasses is better than a monoculture of corn for wildlife, making biofuel friendlier than ethanol for the environment.
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Jan 04 2011
Atlantic Circulation On the Fasttrack for Change
Atlantic Ocean currents aren't grooving like they used to.
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Dec 23 2010
A Unique Perspective on Life Worth Saving
What matters in the long-run is how truly special a species is in the grand scheme of life on Earth.
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Nov 05 2010
Polar Bears Won’t Eat Snow Geese Into Extinction
Polar bears like snow goose eggs, but they won't drive the geese to extinction, research shows, even as the climate warms.
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