Larvae of western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, feeding on corn roots. Credit: Photo by Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service Study shows how individual…
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Researchers found that temperature and precipitation patterns are very important drivers of wild bee communities in our study, more important than the amount of suitable…
URCA map of Southern Africa. Credit: @FAO Innovative FAO study maps urban-rural catchment areas and points to ways to optimize policy and planning coordination for…
Like any other plant, Arabidopsis thaliana or mouse-ear cress, needs nitrogen to survive and thrive. But, like maize, beans and sugar beet, it prefers nitrogen…
A ribbon model of a protein. Credit: Emw/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proteins are essential to cells, carrying out complex tasks and catalyzing chemical reactions. Scientists…
Pine tree in winter. Credit: Montage by Stefan Jansson and Pushan Bag How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep their…
Dr. Hannah Rees, postdoctoral scientist at the Earlham Institute, UK. Credit: Earlham Institute Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in…
Prolonged exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of the weedkiller Roundup causes significant harm to keystone species according to new research at the University of Birmingham.…
Three roughly 2,000-year-old corn cobs from the El Gigante rock shelter site in Honduras. These corn cobs were genetically analyzed by an international team of…
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica). Research from Wellesley College professor Heather Mattila shows that bees use animal dung to prevent giant hornets from attacking…
The world’s largest hornet, the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), has been popularly dubbed the “murder hornet.” Credit: Washington State Department of Agriculture Honeybees spread…
The waterborne algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Credit: Image by He et al Carbon is one of the main building blocks for life on Earth. It’s abundant…
Pepper plants were grown in a greenhouse at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) in Madrid to investigate how their below-ground behavior differed when…
Almond trees are at full bloom in late February. Most almond fields have two or more varieties within the field and require cross pollination by…
Professor Robert Henry collects wild rice samples in northern Australia. Credit: (c) The University of Queensland Researchers investigating the heritage of thousands of rice varieties…
Estimated fair market value of all properties in the United States (3D visualization). Credit: Photo courtesy of Christoph Nolte, Boston University Environmental conservation expert discusses…
Aerial view of a field study at the University of Illinois SoyFACE research facility that examined how cassava (a staple root crop) will adapt to…
Parched earth. Credit: The University of Queensland Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change,…
A view of an agroforestry production system in Lampung province, Indonesia in 2017. Credit: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Tropical fruit trees can improve…
The soil pulls water out of the air during cooler, humid periods at night and then releases it when activated by solar energy during the…