Smithsonian's National Zoo researchers use electronic eggs to help save threatened species
... activities of breeding is essential for improving husbandry practices for a species. But much of this basic biological information remains unknown for many threatened and endangered species. Temperatures and turning frequencies for artificially incubating eggs can sometimes rely as much on guesswork as on har...Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Geisinger launch new environmental research group
...stem and community health Agricultural and animal husbandry issues such as farm runoff of fertilizer nutrients and pesticides The role that green building design may play in promoting worker and community health Stewart, a former Hopkins faculty member, and Schwartz have been jointly conducting studies o......lthough Satou and Nishiura suggest that changes in husbandry practices and avoiding eating raw liver might be more cost-effective measures should HEVs hold on pig farms weaken....Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion
...g-term land uses in the region were nomadic animal husbandry and small-scale agriculturesustainable practices that were compatible with the natural vegetation, Dunbar said. But then the colonialists began clear-cutting some of the coastal forests and burning vegetation to make room for the plantation experimen...NYC tadpoles fly to Puerto Rico
... island's only native toad. Specifically, animal husbandry experts from WCS have successfully reared nearly 500 tadpoles at the Central Park Zoo and recently released them in Puerto Rico's Guanica State Forest. "The release went well, and we're hoping that this new generation of toads can help secure a fut...Two national diabetes-related initiatives coordinated by MCG bioinformatics expert
...roposing two new models and turning them over to a husbandry core for development. "Once created, the models will be sent back to the investigators who will be in charge of understanding the pathology of the complications," says Dr. McIndoe, noting the operational changes reflect the complexity and magnitude o...Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say
...naccessible," Greg Whittaker, Moody Gardens animal husbandry manager, said. "This research also may have real applications in addressing skeletal deformities that occasionally occur in captive penguins. By establishing the normal mechanics of penguin walking, we can better understand how to recognize and dea...