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New deep-learning tool can tell if salmon is wild or farmed

A paper published in Biology Methods and Protocols, finds that it is now possible to distinguish wild from farmed salmon... Read more

Escape hatch could spare undersized Arctic crabs

Researchers working in Norway's Barents Sea say a simple modification to snow crab pots could sharply reduce the number of... Read more

Research helps untangle the complexity of small-scale fisheries

By classifying small-scale fisheries into five broad types, a Stanford-led study helps clarify a diverse sector essential to global nutrition... Read more

How to turn water into wine, with raisins

It's astonishing to realize how innovative our ancestors were in food and beverage production before modern science and technology. Without... Read more

Rice research takes important step in solving the high nighttime temp problem

Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have identified genetic mechanisms in rice that can help counteract the negative effects... Read more

Long-term cattle performance focus of research review, call for collaboration

Despite the United States' long and storied past with cattle ranching, long-term research on health, nutrition and management is rarely... Read more

How multitrophic interactions alleviate phosphorus limitation in subtropical ecosystems

A research team led by Prof. Wang Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,... Read more

European agricultural greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by 40% without compromising food security, says study

European farmers can reduce agricultural climate emissions by 40% while also reducing pressure on biodiversity and maintaining current levels of... Read more

Bats help control crop pests when natural habitats are near farmland

Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable agriculture. A... Read more

Kelp farming is expensive, but a new resource points to lower costs

Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but... Read more

Soil food webs boost carbon retention in farmlands, finds study

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have uncovered how soil food... Read more

Reed leafhopper's diverse microbes fuel its rise as a major crop pest

The reed leafhopper (Pentastiridius leporinus) was originally a specialist, limited exclusively to reed grass as a food source. Within a... Read more

Plant breeding discovery could pave way for new crop species

One of the great mysteries in plant biology is how, given the clouds of pollen released by dozens of plant... Read more

Not just stomata: Hidden water regulation mechanism could help crops survive drought

Cornell researchers have discovered a previously unknown way plants regulate water that is so fundamental it may change plant biology... Read more

Why some farmers make use of EU biodiversity funding and others don't

A new study published in People and Nature by the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the Landscape... Read more