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Timing and adaptability endanger forests
UMaine
scientists find that trees are out of equilibrium with climate, posing new
challenges in a warming world
Marcus Wolf
Forecasts predicting where plants
and animals will inhabit over time rely primarily on information about their
current climate associations, but that only plays a partial role.
Under climate change, there’s a
growing interest in assessing whether trees and other species can keep pace
with changing temperatures and rainfall, shifting where they are found, also
known as their ranges, to track their suitable climates.
To test this, a University of
Maine-led research team studied the current ranges of hundreds of North
Racine Zoo announces death of 18-year-old tur
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May, West Caucasian tur from the Racine Zoo
RACINE, Wis. - The Racine Zoo on Wednesday, Dec. 23 announced the passing of one of its most unique residents May, the West Caucasian tur.
May passed at 18 years of age on Thursday, Dec. 17 due to complications of old age, and will be dearly missed by her mate Tavek and Racine Zoo staff, and guests. May was an amazing, charismatic member of her species, and we are so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with such a special animal, said Aszya Summers, curator of animal care and conservation education at the Racine Zoo. May has left a hole in our hearts, and I know I speak for many when I say she will be dearly missed.
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How Scientists Accidentally Created A Hybrid Fish
By Marina Manoukian/Dec. 23, 2020 10:54 am EDT
As we know by now, life always finds a way. And that s exactly what happened when, as CNN reports, scientists tried to reproduce Russian sturgeon eggs through gynogenesis, using paddlefish sperm. Rather than reproducing asexually, the sturgeon eggs combined with the paddlefish sperm to create a hybrid sturddlefish, an event, says a paper posted at MDPI, that was completely unanticipated by scientists.
And there isn t even just one kind of hybrid. Two different kinds of sturddlefish emerged out of the hybridization, both bearing different resemblances to their parents.