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Date Time Endangered Thames eels to benefit from latest science Critically endangered eels in the Thames will benefit from new research that sheds light on how the creatures navigate the waters to swim up the river’s estuary. Scientists from the University of Nottingham, HR Wallingford and the University of Southampton worked with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on the research published in Ecological Modelling. It explores the theory of where the eels swim, and at what depths, which w...

When they find invasive species, the location is recorded, and pest plants targeted for removal. Miller brought Bailey to the South Wairarapa coastline to seek out pest cordgrass, or spartina anglica. The aquatic plant thrives in waterway margins, growing up to one-metre tall in brackish or freshwater. Okorewa Lagoon, part of Lake Onoke and the Wairarapa Moana network, was a possible site for the spread of the pest. Bailey and Miller are the sharp-end of a pest control plan developed by Gr...

New Zealands leading dog detective was unleashed in Wairarapas wetlands on Tuesday as part of the fight against invasive toxic weeds. Bailey, a sniffer dog and part of the Conservation Dogs Programme, at Okorewa Lagoon, South Wairarapa. Photo: Wairarapa Times-Age / Grace Prior Bailey is part of the Department of Conservations [DOC] Conservation Dogs Programme. The seven-year-old boxer-short haired pincer cross, and her pal Wink, are trained by Graeme Miller, a 38-year DOC veteran and canine sp...

Four uplift schemes approved December 19, 2020 LAHORE:The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party approved four development schemes of various sectors at an estimated cost of Rs15.220 billion. These schemes were approved in the 18th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2020-21 presided over by P&D Board Chairman Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh. Provincial Secretary P&D Imran Sikandar Baloch, all members of the Planning & Development Board, provincial secretari...

What Theyre Not Telling You: 4 Natural Ways to Fight Ebola 1.9Kshares October 10, 2014 October 10, 2014 Amid the mainstream media hype surrounding Ebola, it may come as major shock to discover that for quite some time there have been major scientific breakthroughs regarding the numerous ways in which we may be able to diminish or even halt the virus at a base level. What’s even more powerful and of note, however, is the substances by which scientists were able to exhibit these effects. Num...