Houellebecq is, in his essence, a punk—the rarest of species in the French cultural ecology— and his work is imbued with a DIY spirit that occasionally comes across as a form of genius, again almost as if by mistake, but is more typically expressed as a sort of proud amateurishness.
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In this case, the minute robots could one day provide backup to pollinators like honey bees, potentially securing the world's food crops as these critical insect species face challenges from fungal disease, pesticides and climate change.
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One of the most impressive talents of animal life and the key to the survival of many species is the ability to learn, especially in response to negative stimuli.
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The species name translates to "small butcher," in reference to its blade-like teeth.
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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has warned of a rapidly deteriorating planet due to human activity, saying, “1 million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction.
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However, the second function is dependent upon the health and unique characteristics of Physarum polycephalum, a species of slime mold sometimes called “the blob,” for its rapid growth, resilience and curious maze-solving abilities.
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About two-thirds of our 36 million acres are reduced to just two annual species — corn and soybeans.
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Papp: She and her colleagues used tardigrades of the same species and divided them into four groups.
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Many species of succulents have sharp leaves or barbed exteriors that reflect the defense strategies of this cardinal water sign.
Source: New York Post
“We have abundant populations of both resident birds and migrating species.
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In recent years, scientists have identified hybrid species in the wild that they believe are being born due to climate change.
Source: One Green Planet
John Tlumacki/Globe StaffFaherty said this species of bird is known to wander but it’s unclear how it wound up in New England in late October.
Source: The Boston Globe
Eventually, as a new way to challenge how we think about normality, they began to talk about whether the principle that increased biodiversity is necessary for a robust ecosystem also applied to neurocognitive diversity within species.
Source: Psychiatric Times
Scientists say these anthropogenic changes – a direct result of high greenhouse gas emissions – are disproportionately affecting high-value fished species such as lobster, shrimp and snow crab, compared with non-commercial ones.
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This finding was later expanded upon with the observation that some bacterial species show global phylogeographic signatures30.
Source: Nature.com
In the gut, BAs are chemically transformed by the microbiota to free or secondary BAs; differences in the gut bacteria species greatly contributes to the composition of the final BAs pool in hosts, and vice versa, because its antimicrobial activity, the final pool of BAs determines the diversity of gut bacteria4.
Source: Nature.com
Interestingly enough, some species of trees did not have much color this fall, but the maples have been outstanding.
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Others, including vitamins A, B, C, and E, carotenoids, carnitines, coenzyme Q10, cysteine, lycopenes and the micronutrient selenium, can improve male reproductive health, as they reduce the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS, or free radicals) and repair cell damage.
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According to a 2020 article titled “The Importance of species diversity for human well-being in Europe,” published in Ecological Economics, happiness can tie directly into how many species of birds can be spotted in an environment.
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The researchers studied 257 species of organisms in the microbiome, and of these, analysis indicated 84, more than 30%, were associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Source: Neuroscience News
For years, Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, has talked of making humanity an interplanetary species by someday sending colonists to Mars.
Source: The New York Times
Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 animal species, including 86 per cent of marine turtles, 44 per cent of seabirds and 43 per cent of marine mammals.
Source: UNEP
The adventure begins with the idea of a multispecies playground – a public space for different species to have fun and interact with each other as much as they want to.
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“We just talk to people what species would best fit their lifestyle and then within that species, what individual animal are they most interested in potentially adopting.
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The app is expected to provide data about where migration patterns of animal species take place in Utah as part of the Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative that tracks and studies wildlife and fish in the state.
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The local species called California halibut is a white fish that is smaller, leaner and more delicate than Alaskan halibut.
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According to the United Nations, one-million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, and seventy-five percent of the Earth’s ice-free land surface and two-thirds of the oceans have been significantly altered by humanity.
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It will also help humanity to turn the negative trend on climate change due to the interdependence of biodiversity and climate: Restoring the functional role of marine fish, whales, elephants, wolves, sharks, bison, and other wildlife species can be the game changer by magnifying carbon uptake by 1.
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Today, the country's 63 national parks contain at least 247 species of endangered or threatened plants and animals, more than 75,000 archaeological sites, and 18,000 miles of trails.
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Humans are marginally below that, then individual animals, then individual species below that again, unless they serve a particular role in the ecosystem, in which case they’re also placed at the top.
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Located along the banks of the Trout River, just north of Downtown, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is home to over 2,000 exotic and rare animals and thousands of plant species.
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And he’s able to zoom in on every fish to verify its size and species, noting whether it is kept or flung overboard in accordance with the law.
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Through fun activities, HSBC volunteers learned about climate change and ecological conservation, and cleaned up the environment to help protect the wetlands through various tasks, including relocating frogs into ditches, removing weeds and trash, clearing areas around saplings and removing invasive species to help indigenous species return.
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Mike Belleme for The New York TimesJonathan Richardson, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Richmond who served as an expert reader of “Pests,” said that every species Brookshire highlights in the book is just trying to eat, reproduce and survive.
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The USDA Forest Service and Great Basin Institute led a forest walk focused on tree species identification and fire mitigation.
Source: Tahoe Daily Tribune
Each bee works to support the pollination of many plant species by collecting as much pollen as possible in order that their hives grow, but this also helps to increase the productivity of plants in general.
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Whitney Houston's legacy; Reproductive choice in other species
It's been a decade since we lost one of the most beloved artists of our time: Whitney Houston.
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According to Monterey Bay Whale Watch, whose excursions are led by marine biologists, a large variety of whales and dolphin species can be seen during the outings, depending on the season.
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Like other members of the genus Rhynchocyon, it is a relatively large species, with adults averaging about 28 cm (11 in) in length and 450-700 g (1.
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Panaji: Hardy, quick growing and able to carve out supercolonies, yellow crazy ants (YCA) are the latest addition to the list of invasive species battering Goa’s ecology.
Source: Times of India
“Chinquapin is a native Missouri chestnut species,” Pfeifer said.
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The first occurred about 450 million years ago at the end of the Ordovician period, wiping out up to 85% of all species alive at the time.
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First, the actions needed to protect species.
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The primitive function of the frill, therefore, was that of visual display and/or species recognition1.
Source: Nature.com
A fragment of a fossilized jaw bone with a tooth was discovered, and experts believe it’s from a lion species that went extinct thousands of years ago.
Source: WWNY
Borneo’s rainforest is estimated to be around 140 million years old – one of the oldest rainforests in the world that is home to many species which cannot be found anywhere else on our planet.
Source: Forbes
There are at least 150 species of birds identified at the arboretum, and historic records that show the original Quakers who lived there were recording bird sightings in the mid-19th century.
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Some of the best Christmas trees are firs (Abies species).
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"The British Trust for Ornithology confirmed this is the first time the species has ever been spotted in England, and the fourth time in the UK.
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies African lions as a “vulnerable” species, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
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A study, 'Association of Malassezia species with dandruff' published in Indian J Med Res in 2014, found that those who applied coconut oil to the scalp had less dandruff.
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They will be working with Medicago, a plant species commonly used for research, and genetically engineering it to produce more lipids and enhance its ability to transfer them to the mycorrhizae, Bates said.
Source: The Daily Evergreen
To prove the amazing resilience of our planet's underdogs, and highlight the success of ongoingconservation projects, here are the resurrection stories of some remarkable species people once thought were extinct.
Source: Euronews
In 2020, elvers remained one of the most valuable species harvested in Maine, with harvesters earning $5,067,521.
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-- A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species after U.
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The forest in Madagascar is home to critically endangered lemurs and other wildlife species found nowhere else on earth.
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More than 150 species of botanical marvels grow at the Eden Garden flower shop in Itacorubi, Florianópolis, all carefully tended by the weathered hands of Nilton Batista.
Source: Modern Farmer
While species like Symbiotaphrina buchneri also live in a mutually beneficial relationship, in this case with the biscuit beetle (Stegobium paniceum) – providing the insect with B vitamins in exchange for a home within the beetle through all stages of its lifecycle.
Source: ScienceAlert
Among all fungal species, yeasts are the best-studied and easiest to domesticate by humans.
Source: EurekAlert
But a few years ago, postdoctoral researcher Judit Pungor brought a new species to the lab: the California two-spot octopus.
Source: University of Oregon
“Zoo staff have been very busy over the last couple of months making plans for the arrival of this incredible species, but there is still much to do,” Jackson said Thursday.
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Limiting the plant height to species that don’t grow taller than 18 to 24 inches takes a lot of tools out of your toolbox, but you may be stuck with that if panels are too low.
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beast outing that embraces tension over gore
You’d think people would learn by now that no good comes from hoping to find a new species.
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7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
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A botanist combines his two lifelong passions, science and art, in this gripping account of his incredible adventures to exotic places around the globe
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A variety of parasitic and carnivorous plant species in the Linn Run bog, 2012.
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Starfleet's Prime Directive is the guiding principle in all their exploration and interaction with other species and cultures.
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Regardless of the species and its shape, chances are your mind’s eye conjured up a single cell, or maybe several free-living cells.
Source: Quanta Magazine
Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.
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The Federal Wildlife Service (“FWS”) is stated to have issued a Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) concluding that the North Project would not jeopardize the Northern Spotted Owl (“NSO”):
as a species,
modifying its critical habitat, nor
result in an incidental take.
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LISTEN: Tim Keyes, wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, talks about some of the bird species found on the coast of Georgia.
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It turned out to be a new species of the marine reptile.
Source: Houston Chronicle
"We've seen warm conditions in the Bering Sea the last couple of years, and we're seeing a response in a cold adapted species, so it's pretty obvious this is connected.
Source: CBS News
Northern elephant seals — like California sea lions — are a protected species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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“I think it's interesting that we are trying to name a period in the Earth's history where a species affects the environment to the extent that we are,” he said.
Source: Sciencenorway
Flickr Matthew Paulson The ancient coral reefs deserve to be explored within the islands, with hundreds of species of marine animals living just below the water’s surface.
Source: Only In Your State
Two patients, similar cancers, different species.
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Golf courses generally have as many or more individual birds and species than the natural habitats around them, which is a win for birds.
Source: Daily Press
8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- That special link you may have with a purring, four-legged friend has been going on between the species for millennia, new research shows.
Source: The Wellsboro Gazette
The Poweshiek skipperling is a species of tiny butterfly that was once common in the Midwest but is now endangered.
Source: WOODTV.com
MainPathogen surveillance strategies have varying aims, ranging from identifying species and strains to detecting antibiotic resistance genes or plasmids.
Source: Nature.com
Data availability
Raw transcriptome reads from Provora are deposited in GenBank (PRJNA866092), along with the SSU rRNA gene sequences of species (OP101998–OP102010).
Source: Nature.com
It’s a spot that people think of as industrial and not very pretty, but I’ve seen dozens and dozens of bird species there: great blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, black-crowned night herons.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Two species that are usually quite scarce, Nashville and Tennessee warblers, were almost everywhere we looked.
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Meanwhile, the size of its squid catch has grown from 70,000 tons to 422,000 — a level of fishing that some scientists fear is unsustainable even for a resilient species.
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One-quarter of all plant and animal species are threatened with extinction owing to factors such as climate change and pollution.
Source: Nature.com
Hardy was cooling the bees to slow them down so he could check out species up close.
Source: WCAX
As Frank says, “If we ever hope to survive as a species, we must use our intelligence for the greater good of the planet.
Source: University of Rochester
The team from TAXI Vancouver and Pacific Salmon Foundation VP, development, marketing and communications Allison Colina discuss their new partnership, and why a ‘spokesbear’ could deliver a more poignant message than any human, writes LBB’s Josh NeufeldtIn the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), salmon are a keystone species.
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Remnants of this era remain: the prison cell, a graveyard recording those who never made it off the island, and an ecosystem contaminated by commercial coconut trees and the invasive species of rats and feral cats.
Source: Financial Times
Borneo’s rainforest is estimated to be around 140 million years old – one of the oldest rainforests in the world that is home to many species which cannot be found anywhere else on our planet.
Source: Forbes
Look out for special appearances from a species interloper, as well as the poignant sight of Will and Grace’s Leslie Jordan, as a judge, in one of his last appearances before his untimely death in October.
Source: Stuff
"The trout stocking schedule is searchable by county, lists the waterways in alphabetical order, and indicates stocking dates, meeting locations for volunteers, and the species of trout that will be stocked.
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But over the following few years, especially after the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, Cephalofair had been accused of reinforcing real-world prejudice with certain of its imaginary species.
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