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Pollinating Birds, Mammals Falling Victim to Extinction
2015-03-13 18:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: It`s not just bees, the world is losing its pollinating birds and mammals, new research shows. More pollinating bird and mammal species are moving towards extinction than away from it, finds the first global assessment of trends in pollinators. About 90 percent of flowering plants are pollinated by animals and birds, and humans rely on many of these plant species for food, livestock forage, medicine and materials. Allen`s hummingbird pollinates flowers in Santa Anita, California, 2013 (Photo...
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SAIC to provide training and care for marine mammals in US Navy's MMS
2015-03-13 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) has been contracted to continue delivering training and care services for marine mammals participating in the US Navy's Marine Mammal Systems (MMS).
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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have nearly knocked off mammals, too
2014-12-17 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 505-841-2835 Pensoft Publishers @Pensoft The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs. Metatheria…
These Mammals Are Hit Hard By Climate Change
2014-12-01 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: December`s here and snowshoe hares are putting on their white winter coats as they`ve done for countless generations. But because climate change is transforming their environment much faster than evolution can react to it, the species is increasingly out-of-sync with its landscape: As snows arrive later and melt earlier, the hares, whose coloration change is thought to be triggered by the changing length of days, not the actual temperature and precipitation around them, are turning white when their...
Biotech study claims GMOs completely safe for mammals - study took...
2014-11-24 10:01:38| Biotech - Topix.net
A new study published in the journal Archives of Toxicology makes the audacious claim that MON810 biotech corn, a genetically-modified cash crop owned by Monsanto, exhibits no toxicological effects in mammals. But the study has several major flaws that render it null, including the fact that data appears to have been intentionally removed to make the corn appear safer than it actually is.