Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Uncovered In Aniakchak, Alaska
“…It was the abomination of desolation, it was the prelude to hell,” is how the Jesuit priest, Father Bernard Hubbard, described the Aniakchak Caldera of…
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Cryptic Diversity In Vietnam’s Limestone Karst Habitats
The picturesque limestone karsts of northern Vietnam harbor a rich diversity of animals and plants. Due to their scattered distribution, these karsts can form terrestrial…
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An Improved Method To Remove Debris From Cyst Nematode Egg Suspensions And Computer-Aided Technologies For Egg Counting
Plant-parasitic nematodes infect the roots of plants, causing billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide. One such example is the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), which…
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The Footprints Of Urbanization, Industrialization, And Agriculture On River Beds: Heavy Metal Contamination Assessment And Source Identification In River Sediments In Eastern China
River beds are usually untouched by human feet, unless the rivers are dry. However, the heavy metals in river beds carry the footprints of various…
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Aging Dolphins Via Pectoral Flipper Radiography
Unlike humans or other animal species, dolphins rarely show signs of external aging. Consequently, estimating the age of a free-ranging dolphin during a veterinary examination…
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Glycoalkaloids In Potatoes: The Effect Of Biostimulants And Herbicides
Solanum tuberosum L., also known as potatoes, are one of the most consumed vegetable crops in the world. Because of their nutritional value, potatoes’ quality…
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Tracking Cats: Using Stable Isotopes To Geographically Place Mammalian Carnivores
All African felids are considered either vulnerable to extinction or endangered on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List. These iconic and…
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Bengal Tiger Conservation Using Novel Technologies
In the Indian subcontinent, Bengal tigers inhabit tropical grassland, riverine, and moist semi-deciduous forests along major river systems. The tiger population in the southern belt…
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Location Estimation Of Air/Fluid Pressure-Induced Microseismic Events
During many natural phenomena, trapped pockets of air or fluid inside the earth’s crust can reach high pressures. For example, geysers occur due to water…
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Coral Bleaching: Using Participatory Reporting To Track Mass-Bleaching In The Western Indian Ocean
Coral bleaching events provide one of the most visual indicators of present-day climate change effects. From 2014 to 2017, the world experienced the longest recorded…
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Processing Pathway: The Waste Management Of Plant Mitochondria
Mitochondria are tiny bodies inside the cells of animals, plants, and fungi that were derived from an endosymbiotic process involving bacterial and archaeal cells. Despite…
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