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Carnivorous plants team up with ants and share spoilsScientists have discovered the first example of an ant-plant tag-team that works together to provide food for both. ... 13th May 2012
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Salt-tolerant wheatWriting in the journal Nature Biotechnology, scientists in Australia have bred a new strain of salt-tolerant wheat, by crossing in a gene from a more ancient strain of the plant with a higher tolerance for salt... ... 12th May 2012
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Messages from MercuryThe MESSENGER spacecraft completed one Earth year of orbiting Mercury this month, and two papers published in the journal Science highlight some of the surprising scientific results from our solar system's innermost planet... ... 25th Mar 2012
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Free-food doesn't change sharksSatellite tracking studies reveal shark behaviour isn't altered by free food handouts. ... 11th Mar 2012
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Excluding fishermen can harm fisheriesThe problem with fisheries management is that what a government decides will be best for conservation may not be best for the local people that rely on a fishery, and may in fact end up harming the fish stocks in the end. A study published in the February edition of Scientific Reports has shown just this in a Gulf corvina fishery off the coast of Mexico. ... 9th Mar 2012
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Hybrid 'hydrothermal seep' ecosystem foundA team led by Lisa Levin from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has found a ‘hybrid’ vent/seep ecosystem in an area off Costa Rica, that suggests the presence of what they term a ‘hydrothermal seep’ system. ... 9th Mar 2012
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The aquatic problems of microplasticsTracing the source of tiny plastic particles in the ocean. ... 8th Feb 2012
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Corals stressed by heat and coldHeat and cold can stress corals, but they do so in different ways. ... 8th Feb 2012
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Sea cucumbers dissolve coral reefsSea cucumbers release acidic gastric juices that break down coral reefs at night. ... 10th Jan 2012
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