Cambridge Core BlogGiardiasis in the United Kingdom – current state and moving forward
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is: ‘Giardia duodenalis in the UK: current knowledge of risk factors and public health implications‘ by B.…
Mix Things Up to Control Dicamba-Resistant Kochia
Kochia is a highly invasive weed known to be resistant to multiple herbicides. In the Great Plains region, kochia populations have now evolved resistance to dicamba.…
Can Cover Crops Slow Herbicide Resistance?
Herbicide resistance is a costly and growing problem. In fact, many weed populations now exhibit resistance to multiple herbicide mechanisms of action.…
Understanding the contribution of ingestion to feed digestion
The animal article of the month for June is ‘Characteristics of boli formed by dairy cows upon ingestion of fresh ryegrass, lucerne or chicory’ Most measurements of feed in ruminant nutrition studies primarily concern the chemical composition.…
Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs – via University of Bristol
The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ago and were one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs. But why were these 2-3 tonne giants so successful?…
Dynamics behind life’s supernova in the Ordovician
Studying how biodiversity on our planet has developed through time and how it reacted to environmental changes would be relatively straight-forward if we could time-travel, as ecologists.…
Can native plants can make a comeback on their own?
As invasive shrubs become more prevalent in U.S. forests, they are creating dense understories that outcompete native plants. Land managers with limited resources find themselves facing a tough decision.…
Greening the Dark Side of Chocolate
A Qualitative Assessment to Inform Sustainable Supply Chains Fundamental changes are visible around the globe; part of Mozambique was recently flooded, large Californian forest areas have burned, and glaciers are shrinking.…
Dances with cranes: the rise of the Sarolga
The Buralga legend tells of an Australian Aboriginal woman famed for her dancing, who was turned into a brolga by a jealous magician.…
Biodiversity conservation in Madagascar: the plight of the tenrecs
Tenrecs are a diverse family of 31 small mammal species found on the tropical island of Madagascar. Whilst rampant deforestation means one in five tenrecs is threatened with extinction, most conservation attention in the country is focused on larger, more charismatic species, such as lemurs.…
Deep learning for automating pig tail scoring
The animal article of the month for May is ‘Tailception’: using neural networks for assessing tail lesions on pictures of pig carcasses’ Injuries caused by one pig biting the tail of another pig are a big welfare problem in pigs reared for slaughter.…
Weevil contraceptive: parasitic castration to fight agricultural pests
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is ‘Prevalence of a nematode castrator of the carrot weevil and impact on fecundity and survival‘ by Annie-Ève Gagnon, Guy Boivin, Guy Bélair Not a day goes by without pesticides making news headlines.…