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Resulta que una de las razas de perros más pequeñas, el chihuahua, tiene ascendencia de coyote silvestre, según una investigación genética publicada recientemente. La raza chihuahua es originaria de México, pero hoy en día es una mascota muy popular en todo el mundo. Es posible que los genes del...
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It turns out that one of the smallest dog breeds, the chihuahua, is part wild coyote, according to recently published genetic research. The chihuahua breed originated in Mexico but is now a popular canine companion worldwide. Coyote genes may have been introduced into ancestors of the chihuahua accidentally. It...
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Cats and dogs eat a lot of meat. In the U.S., they gobble up about a quarter of the calories derived from livestock. If they were counted as a country, America’s pets would rank fifth in global meat consumption. Producing all that food generates about 64 million tons of...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Dado que Covid-19 probablemente se originó en murciélagos, no sorprende que el temido virus pueda pasar entre animales y humanos. Pero cuando un tigre malayo de cuatro años en el zoológico del Bronx dio positivo recientemente por Coronavirus (y seis de sus compañeros...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Given that Covid-19 probably originated in bats means that it’s no surprise that the dreaded virus can pass between animals and humans. But when a four-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for Coronavirus recently (and six of his peers showed...
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From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Unfortunately, the answer may very well be yes. A 2012 study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Environmental Research, found that exposure to certain lawn care products, such as the nearly ubiquitous herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Lamentablemente, la respuesta puede ser sí. Un estudio de 2012 publicado en la revista científica revisada por pares, Environmental Research, encontró que la exposición a ciertos productos para el cuidado del césped, como el herbicida casi ubicuo 2,4-diclorofenoxiacético (2 4-D para abreviar), aumenta...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A slew of animal protection bills moved forward in the California Legislature this week – including proposals to limit animal abuse, hunting, poisoning and trapping. Senate Bill 580 would force people convicted of such serious crimes as aggravated cruelty, bestiality and hoarding to undergo mental-health evaluation and...
Resulta que una de las razas de perros más pequeñas, el chihuahua, tiene ascendencia de coyote silvestre, según una investigación genética publicada recientemente. La raza chihuahua es originaria de México, pero hoy en día es una mascota muy popular en todo el mundo. Es posible que los genes del...
It turns out that one of the smallest dog breeds, the chihuahua, is part wild coyote, according to recently published genetic research. The chihuahua breed originated in Mexico but is now a popular canine companion worldwide. Coyote genes may have been introduced into ancestors of the chihuahua accidentally. It...
Cats and dogs eat a lot of meat. In the U.S., they gobble up about a quarter of the calories derived from livestock. If they were counted as a country, America’s pets would rank fifth in global meat consumption. Producing all that food generates about 64 million tons of...
Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Dado que Covid-19 probablemente se originó en murciélagos, no sorprende que el temido virus pueda pasar entre animales y humanos. Pero cuando un tigre malayo de cuatro años en el zoológico del Bronx dio positivo recientemente por Coronavirus (y seis de sus compañeros...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Given that Covid-19 probably originated in bats means that it’s no surprise that the dreaded virus can pass between animals and humans. But when a four-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for Coronavirus recently (and six of his peers showed...
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Unfortunately, the answer may very well be yes. A 2012 study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Environmental Research, found that exposure to certain lawn care products, such as the nearly ubiquitous herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A slew of animal protection bills moved forward in the California Legislature this week – including proposals to limit animal abuse, hunting, poisoning and trapping. Senate Bill 580 would force people convicted of such serious crimes as aggravated cruelty, bestiality and hoarding to undergo mental-health evaluation and...