AMES, Iowa, Nov. 20 (UPI) — After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice.
A strain of corn called B73 may prove to be a textbook of how genes work, said Patrick Schnable, a geneticist at Iowa State University, [...]

MIAMI, Nov. 20 (UPI) — A spokesman for Miami MetroZoo said one of its two jaguars died while undergoing surgery for a stomach problem.
Zoo spokesman Ron Magill said Palenque the jaguar died Wednesday, The Miami Herald reported Friday.
A necropsy was performed but results were pending.
Magill said the 129-pound male jaguar was kept separate from Miami [...]

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) — A proposed Google program would allow anyone with Internet access to spot illegal logging in tropical rainforests and report it, the company said.
The program, to be released next year, would let so-called armchair detectives report their findings to an agency monitoring whether countries were meeting their commitments to reduce deforestation, [...]

SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say.
Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
“There is quite a deal of fire burning in the [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) — A Maryland farm must identify and track animals treated with drugs before selling the livestock for slaughter for human consumption, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Garbis told Old Carolina Farm and owner Francis Roderick to establish a record-keeping system to keep tabs on the drugs.
Old Carolina Farm [...]