The gut microbiomes of apes living in captivity resemble those of some people more than they resemble apes living in the wild.
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Captive apes’ gut microbiomes are a lot like some people’s
Posted by Tamara Bhandari-Washington University on April 2nd, 2020
Posted in Science General 
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No Comments »Stemming from EU BON, new research calls for action: Overcoming the barriers to the use of conservation science in policy
Posted by EU BON ICP on April 25th, 2018
Just accepted, a new paper in Conservation Letters looks at the barriers and solutions to the use of conservation science in policy. The main data used in the paper are from a global multi-lingual survey filled in by 758 research scientists, practit…
Posted in Science General Tags: action, agreement, barriers, conservation, Conservation Science, global, Optimism, overcoming, People, policy, Policy Positions, positions, practitioners, research, Research Scientists, research scientists practitioners, Science, Scientists, scientists practitioners, solutions, Survey No Comments »Do crops sometimes make deforestation worth it?
Posted by National University of Singapore on August 7th, 2017
Analyzing the trade-offs of converting forests to farmland suggests the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs in some places.
Posted in Science General Tags: agricultural, agricultural benefits, Agriculture, analysis, and costs will, benefits, benefits from agricultural, benefits provided, better selection, better understanding, billion, Biodiversity, carbon, Carrasco, changes, conservation, Conversion, costs will also, crops sometimes, crops sometimes make, Deforestation, deforestation worth, demand, distribution, Economic, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, environmental, Environmental Costs, focus conservation, Forests, global, greatest, identified, information, Losses, make deforestation worth, National, national university, People, provided, Regions, research, selection, services, sometimes, sometimes make deforestation, the benefits provided, the research team, the trade offs, these regions, trade offs between, tropical, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, understanding, university, will also help No Comments »How One Turtle’s Tale Helps Promote Ocean Conservation
Posted by Sukee Bennett on November 25th, 2016
A baby Atlantic loggerhead turtle is camping out California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium, on the Pacific—and spreading the word about ocean conservation
– Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Posted in Environment, Science General, Technology Tags: conservation, Ocean Conservation, Turtle No Comments »Genomes show how corals came back from catastrophe
Posted by Barbara Kennedy-Penn State on November 21st, 2016
Genomes from three species of Caribbean corals show how they survived past mass-extinction events caused […]
The post Genomes show how corals came back from catastrophe appeared first on Futurity.
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