A Washington State University study, led by Kate Evans, found that declining crop-breeding programs due to the coronavirus could threaten food security. The coronavirus has already brought gaps to ...

The use of technology in agriculture has revolutionised farming practices globally over the last decade in efforts to improve ...

This week, experts announced that an estimated one billion animals in Australia have died from the wildfires, including thousands of koalas. As the koala population in Australia continues to be ...

These strawberry plants are part of the research collection of some 1,700 strawberry plants managed by the UC Davis Public Strawberry Breeding Program. (Courtesy/UC Davis) The UC Davis Public ...

Tasmanian devil joeys born last year as part of a semi-wild breeding program on mainland Australia have shown positive signs after undergoing their first health checks, curators say. Not-for-profit ...

Scientists have decided to retire one of the world’s last two northern white rhinos from their assisted breeding program, which strives to save the subspecies from extinction. BioRescue will no longer ...

HOUSTON, June 29, 2005 – Comparative studies of captive breeding strategies conducted at Rice University bolster the case for costly and sometimes troublesome breeding programs that preserve maximum ...

Breeding program started at UC Berkeley in late 1920s Revived in 1952 at UC Davis after WWII hiatus Program honored by Spain in 1999 for 50 years of strawberry breeding The University of California ...

New findings from a comparison of the long-term implications of zoo breeding programs bolster the case for so-called "maximum avoidance inbreeding," or MAI. MAI breeding programs can be costly and ...