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Wheat is crucial to the global food supply. However, pathogenic fungi, such as rusts, can destroy wheat crops by depleting nutrients. In order to reduce damage caused by rusts, biological control measures are under investigation. Here, we see evidence that another fungus can actually prey on the rust fungus, reducing the rust’s ability to cause disease in wheat.
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As climate change pushes species around the world together, cross-species viral infections become a growing concern.
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Antillean manatees are an endangered subspecies of manatee that live in the warm waters of the Caribbean, but little is known about their behavior, both in the wild and under human care. This is why scientists in France set out to better understand and define manatee behavior in captivity, identifying how bold or shy they were and how they acted towards novel and familiar stimuli.
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Actualmente, se están investigando los pepinos de mar y las funciones de las proteínas que los componen. Con resultados prometedores, la pregunta se convierte en: ¿Pudiera estar la cura del cancer en el fondo del mar?
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When I was growing up, I loved snow days. As soon as school was canceled, all the neighborhood kids would
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Microfibers are getting into our lakes and oceans. With the help of new technology and a little community effort, we may be able to stop them.
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Leaves change colors during the fall as part of a process called leaf senescence. Why is this process important, and what causes it?
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Weeds often get a bad rap, but new research suggests we should think twice before pulling them out of our gardens and farm fields. In fact, they may be even more beneficial than wildflower patches. Read on to learn more about how farmers’ and gardeners’ number one enemy – weeds – could actually be pollinators’ number one ally!
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As the climate warms, habitats near the poles are becoming increasingly hospitable for many plants, animals, and insects. But it remains uncertain whether species’ range expansions might eventually be hindered by differences in daylength at higher latitudes. Wall brown butterflies are making the journey northwards from Europe in response to climate warming. How do differences in daylength at higher latitudes affect them, and what can they do to survive in these new conditions?
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While we easily observe changes to vegetation in a recovering grassland, the changes below ground are less apparent, but equally important, if not more-so.
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