During Easter, Swedes eat 75 million eggs. But which variety is best for both you and the chickens? It's about what consumers consider most important relative to egg price, says Helena Wall, a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
SwedenFor the first time, the white-tailed eagle is not included in the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences' (SLU) new review of red-listed species in Sweden. The species has made an astonishing recovery. "I didn't see that coming 50 years ago," says Mikael Svensson at SLU.
SwedenAn inherited form of dwarfism that causes walking problems and pain in Dalmatians has puzzled experts for decades. Now Swedish researchers have identified the gene mutation that causes the defect. Part of the answer had been in a freezer for more than 30 years.
SwedenResearchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have discovered a previously unknown mammal species in the mountains of southern Ethiopia. It is a small shrew that weighs only as much as a sugar cube, about three grams.
SwedenEven though the wolf population has tripled in the last 20 years, attacks on domestic animals and dogs have not increased, reports Vetenskapsradion on Swedish Radio.
SwedenThere is an extra high risk that many people will be infected with the viral disease rat fever this winter, warn researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU. But there are tricks to protect yourself – including the dog poop bag trick.
SwedenOver 200 species are considered nationally extinct in Sweden. Now they will soon be joined by both the barn owl and the snowy owl. The snowy owl is of course a symbolic species. Everyone has probably seen Harry Potter, says Mikael Svensson at SLU.
SwedenPFAS that leak into nature not only affects us humans. Animals also ingest high levels – both in water and on land.
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