The natural world is full of gender diversity: female hyenas have pseudo penises used for sex and urination, many species of fish and plants change their sex over their lifespan, and female lions have been known to grow manes and develop a masculine growl. Those are among many examples in a new episode of CBC’s The Nature … Read more
British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the B.C. Grain Growers Association, has been working with his father since 2012 to farm about 2,000 acres of land in the Peace … Read more
Reports from New Scientist suggest gene-edited meat could make an appearance at your local supermarket soon. The report says that a company called Genus is preparing the commercial launch of a batch of gene-edited pigs that have been modified to be immune to disease. If the launch is approved, we could see genetically modified pork … Read more
A little-known dog breed with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific northwest in the United States until its rapid demise following European colonisation, a study in Science shows. The new research was based on a genetic analysis of Mutton, one of the … Read more
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