Raising slower-growing broiler chickens means less efficiency for producers and potentially higher costs for consumers, but it would improve the welfare of millions of birds.
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University of New Brunswick Advances New Technology To Help Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
The University of New Brunswick, with the support of Transport Canada, is advancing new proven technology to improve the detection of North Atlantic right whales in part of the shipping lanes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
New Approach To Explaining Soft Material Flow May Yield Way To New Materials, Disaster Prediction
How does toothpaste stay in its tube and not ooze out when we remove the cap?
Atlantic Veterinary College Students Help Barn Swallow Chicks Thrive
Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) students Austin Ebbott and Joey Buzzell gained valuable experience caring for a protected species when they helped care for barn swallow chicks at the AVC Wildlife Service this month
Serengeti Leopard Population Densities Healthy But Vary Seasonally
A study of camera-trap data from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania found that leopard population densities in the 3.7-million-acre park are similar to those in other protected areas but vary between wet and dry seasons
In Times Of Ecological Uncertainty, Brood Parasites Hedge Their Bets
Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species and let the host parents raise their young.