PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 20 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: Climate change has winners and losers. In tropical forests, woody vines known as lianas are winners. The vines snake up towering trees towards the sky--and their leaves compete with tree leaves for light. Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI) Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama discovered the world's record-breaking liana, and challenge other  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 970,000 head as of July 1, 2024. The latest inventory was 1 percent above the previous month's inventory but 2 percent below the July 1, 2023 inventory. The inventory included 500,000 stee  more

ASPEN, Colorado, July 20 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks at an Aspen Security Forum fireside chat moderated by Mary Louise Kelly of National Public Radio: * * * MS KELLY: Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. MS KELLY: Great to see you. Welcome back. I don't need to tell this room a lot has happened since you were last on this stage a year ago, and we are going to get through in our time this morning as much of it as I ca  more