News articles tagged with 'breeding'
New model more accurately describes migratory animals' extinction risk
— 16 Nov 2011 21:31 | BiologyPredicting the risk of extinction is a complicated task, especially for species that migrate between breeding and wintering sites. Researchers at the University of Georgia and Tulane…
Smithsonian scientists find declining rainfall is a major influence for migrating birds
— 31 Mar 2011 15:15 | BiologyInstinct and the annual increase of daylight hours have long been thought to be the triggers for birds to begin their spring migration. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology…
Fairy wrens: Accountants of the animal kingdom
— 19 Mar 2011 14:09 | BiologyA puzzling example of altruism in nature has been debunked with researchers showing that purple-crowned fairy wrens are in reality cunningly planning for their own future when they…
Max Planck researchers urge more prominent role for zoos
— 18 Mar 2011 15:24 | BiologyOf around seven land vertebrate species whose survival in the wild is threatened one is also kept in captivity. These and other data on the protection of species in zoos and aquaria…
Migrating moths and songbirds travel at similar rates
— 9 Mar 2011 19:53 | BiologyA study published today (09 March) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B by researchers at Rothamsted Research (an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council),…
AgriLife Research scientists trumpeting possible new adaptation of tropical flower
— 4 Mar 2011 13:20 | BiologyTexas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to bring more beauty to the colder regions of the state by breeding winter-hardiness into a tropical ornamental plant, the angel's trumpet…
Hormones dictate breeding success in birds
— 26 Jan 2011 18:40 | BiologySome animals produce more offspring than others do. Hormones like prolactin and corticosterone can exercise a crucial influence on the behaviour of birds in the breeding season and…
OSU helps decode strawberry genome in bid to improve fruit
— 3 Jan 2011 19:38 | BiologyResearchers at Oregon State University have helped sequence the genome of a wild strawberry, laying the groundwork for genetic improvements to related fruits like apples, peaches and…
Georgia Tech team helps decode newly sequenced strawberry genome
— 3 Jan 2011 17:08 | BiologyAn international research consortium has sequenced the genome of the woodland strawberry, according to a study published in the Dec. 26 advance online edition of the journal Nature…
Bioscience researchers defeating potato blight
— 19 Nov 2010 10:50 | BiologyResearchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to late blight - a devastating disease of…