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Vaccines help protect farm animals from various diseases. dusanpetkovic/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Vaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals against diseases traditional ones may not – and there are safeguards to ensure they won’t end up in your food

While mRNA vaccines are designed to last longer in the body than mRNA molecules typically would, they are also tested to ensure they are eliminated from livestock long before milking or slaughter.
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Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if lions take one in Uganda, a farming family’s income is gone

Developing countries suffer the most in the conflict between large carnivores and humans. We need better financial incentives for these communities to make sure these iconic predators are protected.
Donkeys allow herders to travel further in the rocky terrain of southern Tunisia. Linda Pappagallo/Pastres

How pastoral farming can help to avoid a biodiversity crisis

Pastoral communities should be included in conservation initiatives – but the ecology of pastoral lands has long been misunderstood.
African wild dog with pups. Manoj Shah/GettyImages

Climate change is causing endangered African wild dogs to give birth later – threatening the survival of the pack

African wild dogs are adapting to rising temperatures using a cue that no longer accurately predicts the best conditions for reproduction.

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