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  • The dogs who bring the fallen home

    Lois M. Collins

    November 10, 2024 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Volunteer cadaver dogs are specially trained to find the bodies of missing persons to give grieving families answers and the chance to bring them home.

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  • Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?

    Shi En Kim

    October 30, 2024 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Conservationists in Hawaii are growing seedlings of the critically endangered na’u tree alongside mycorrhizal fungi instead of fertilizers and pesticides to mimic their natural growing process. The fungi support the plant in a variety of ways, like sucking up more water and providing mineral nutrients, which helps the seedlings grow at a rapid pace.

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  • Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change

    Eric Lipton

    October 24, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Pivot Bio sells corn seeds sprayed with genetically-modified bacteria meant to reduce the need for chemical fertilizers and the carbon dioxide emissions that come with them. The bacteria create extra nutrients for the plants in the soil once the seeds are planted.

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  • How an international effort is keeping North America free of a deadly amphibian disease

    Mike Digirolamo

    July 30, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States

    Bsal is a fungal pathogen that causes a deadly disease in salamanders. Experts from Mexico, Canada, and the United States came together to create the volunteer-based North American Bsal Task Force to prevent it from spreading further and prepare a plan of action for when the pathogen reaches the continent.

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  • B.C. caribou pens found to be an 'unequivocal' success

    Stefan Labbé

    July 05, 2024 |

    North Shore News |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The West Moberly First Nations and the Saulteau First Nation are working together to save the local Klinse-Za caribou herd from disappearing. They created a large fenced habitat where caribou and newborn calves can survive away from predators and keep a careful watch on the animals.

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  • Bees vs. drones: How tech is tackling crop pollination

    Nita Bhalla Rina Chandran

    April 02, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Australia, Two Wells

    As bee populations decline, farmers who practice covered agriculture are flying drones over their crops — which vibrates the plants' flowers to disperse the pollen — to pollinate them instead.

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  • Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

    Dan Kraker

    February 13, 2024 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Isanti, Minnesota

    The Minnesota-based company Advanced Telemetry Systems develops trackers specifically designed for hundreds of different animals. These devices allow researchers to do things like find invasive species, learn more about critically endangered species, or better understand population declines.

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  • Inside New Zealand's Quest to Save Its Rotund, Flightless Parrots

    Rina Diane Caballar

    December 26, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    The New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and the Ngāi Tahu, the Māori tribe whose people are the traditional guardians of the critically endangered kākāpō bird, are slowly relocating the birds to predator-free sanctuary to give them a chance to thrive.

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  • Colorado's latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

    Michael Booth

    October 26, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Gold Hill, Colorado

    The Colorado-based mycology center Boulder Mushroom is spreading fungi mycelium — the underground, root-looking part of a mushroom — across forest floors that were thinned to mitigate wildfires. The mushrooms quicken the pace at which sawdust and other potential fire fuel decays and improve soil health.

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  • Genetic testing: a new tool in prescribing mental-health meds

    Julie Riddle

    October 23, 2023 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Some medical professionals and companies like Genemarkers are using pharmacogenomic testing (PGx) to test a patient’s genetic makeup to see how they may metabolize certain drugs. This process has been around for years but is starting to pick up speed in the mental health care scene to allow doctors to prescribe medications with greater accuracy.

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