Pesticide exposure is harmful for queen bees
Bees are important pollinators for plants not only in our home gardens, but in productive agricultural fields and natural environments…
Category: Agriculture
New Study Elaborates on What Aquarium Owners Already Know
Researchers in Germany and Switzerland used next generation sequencing to study an active aquaponics system. They sampled a biofilm from the…
Is Organic Farming Really Better? It Depends.
Organic farming and conventional farming each have their own strengths and weaknesses that depend on application.
Growing plants with colored light changes their nutrient content
Plants have five basic needs – food, water, air, light, and space. Outdoors, plants get everything they need from nature and some…
People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries
Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…
Decline in Fish Stocks at Puget Sound Hurts Diving Birds
Birds that dive for fish while wintering in the Salish Sea, located between British Columbia and Washington, are more likely to be in…