Tag Archives: biology New USGS research shows that rice could
become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by
colonizing its seeds or plants with the spores of tiny naturally
occurring fungi. The DNA of the rice plant itself is not
changed; instead, researchers are re-creating what normally
happens in nature. USGS science supports management,
conservation, and restoration of imperiled, at-risk, and
endangered species. New USGS research shows that certain lichens
can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic
wasting disease, a troubling neurological disease fatal to wild
deer and elk and spreading throughout the United States and
Canada. For reliable information about amphibians and the
environmental factors that are important to their management and
conservation, visit the new USGS Amphibian Monitoring and
Research Initiative website. Efforts are underway to restore the
Greater Everglades Ecosystem, which has been profoundly altered
by development and water management practic