A large proportion of successful vertebrate invasions can be traced to the global exotic pet trade.
Exotic Pets Can Become Pests with Risk of Invasion
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Pop-Up Parks Deliver Big Benefits in Small Spaces
Pop-up stores, restaurants, and theaters are an increasingly common sight in cities around the world, where they add to the diversity of commercial options available to city dwellers.
Scientists Stack Algorithms to Improve Predictions of Yield-Boosting Crop Traits
Hyperspectral data comprises the full light spectrum; this dataset of continuous spectral information has many applications from understanding the health of the Great Barrier Reef to picking out more productive crop cultivars.
Coffee Not as Bad for Heart and Circulatory System as Previously Thought
Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy knowing that the popular drink isn’t as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would suggest.
Combination of Water Scarcity and Inflexible Demand Puts World’s River Basins at Risk
Nearly one-fifth of the world’s population lives in a stressed water basin where the next climate change-driven incident could threaten access to an essential resource for agriculture, industry and life itself, according to a paper by University of California, Irvine researchers and others, published today in Nature Sustainability.
Quality—Not Quantity—of Sleep Linked to Better Health in Teens
With summer break and longer days ahead, parents of young teens may be wondering whether to let good sleep habits slide over the next couple of months.
