West, however, their insatiable appetite has actually been a boon in the fight against invasive species. Tammy Dunakin, chief goat wrangler and owner of Rent-a-Ruminant, LLC, has a herd of about 120 goats on Vashon Island in Puget Sound that she rents out to clear weeds, including ...
Sea lampreys earned the alias "vampire fish": After all, they suck blood. These long, parasites are similar to eels and use their suckerlike mouths to latch on to the bodies of other fish.
too, but they like to nibble the tender leaves of marsh plants, whereas nutria prefer to feast on a plant's base and roots. "The plant dies, and it relinquishes its hold on the soil," says Michael Massimi, invasive species coordinator...
Drastic Measures: 8 Wild Ways to Combat Invasive Species Employing everything from love potion to meat-eating ants, scientists try to stem the influx of new invasive species with some "creative" ideas ByCassandra Willyard Some floated here on boats. Others flew. Still others arrived on the sol...
For instance, when dealing with a Japanese beetle infestation, many conventional farmers and gardeners might resort to using beetle insecticides to combat the problem. However, these beetle insecticides, being chemical pesticides, can pose significant risks. They have the potential to pollute the enviro...
Hence, a combination of BRAFi with drugs promoting oxidative stress might combat resistance in these slow-cycling cells. In contrast, reduced OXPHOS levels were observed as an immediate response to BRAFi, leading to the phosphorylation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex as well as to up...
Spend time in nature as much as possible. Getting good water filtration is also especially important. You can also get a qualityBerkey filteror take it up a notch and use ahydrogen water systemwhich adds molecular hydrogen to combat oxidative stress and improve immune health. ...
Using satellites to track weather can often run into a particular difficulty. From space, it is hard to tell the difference between a snowy landscape and cloud cover. To combat this an iOS app has been createdknown as SatCam. The app receives an alert when a weather satellite is passing ...