bioaccumulation

A large portion of the North American Grizzly Bear population call Western Canada home. The diet of these bears ranges…

Large numbers of green sea turtles are growing tumors that impede their swimming, block their sight, and prevent them from…

Analyzing changes in gene transcription is a way to detect adverse effects in organisms before they are observable on the…

Animals in early stages of development are particularly susceptible to harmful effects of toxic pollutants. For this reason, the transfer…

The oil or "tar" sands in Alberta, Canada are the third largest known reserves of accessible oil in the world.…

Biology

Common loons, walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch play integral roles in ecosystem dynamics and environmental policy decisions. In this…

Fluorinated compounds are an emerging class of persistent pollutants that have a global presence in the environment, biota, and humans,…

Australian and Norwegian researchers measured levels of pesticides and PCBs in southern hemisphere humpback whales to find out whether extreme…