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Evolutionary Tug-of-War Decides Which Sex Provides Care
October 2, 2006 — An article in the October 2006 issue of BioScience describes a range of evidence suggesting that conflict between males and females over which sex will raise the young has shaped the evolution of ... > full story -
Mosquitoes' Sweet Tooth Could Be Answer To Eliminating Malaria
September 25, 2006 — Mosquitoes' thirst for sugar could prove to be the answer for eliminating malaria and other mosquito-transmitted diseases, says Hebrew University researcher Prof. Yosef Schlein in a study published ... > full story -
Team Describes Unique Desert Cloud Forest
September 12, 2006 — Trees that live in an odd desert forest in Oman have found an unusual way to water themselves by extracting moisture from low-lying clouds, MIT scientists report. In an area that is characterized ... > full story -
Landscapes And Human Behavior
August 9, 2006 — Social scientists and biophysical ecologists are finding that environmental surroundings may play a significant role in human social interaction, serving either as a social lubricant as in the first ... > full story -
Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past Great Plains Climate, Vegetation
August 7, 2006 — Scientists have devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America's breadbasket, the Great ... > full story -
El Niño Phenomenon Could Help Reforest Semi-Arid Regions
July 21, 2006 — Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona scientists took part in an international cooperation project to study the El Niño phenomenon and its effects on vegetation. By observing the ... > full story -
Was There Life On Mars? Shiny Rock Coating May Hold The Answer
July 5, 2006 — A mysterious shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's arid environments could reveal whether there was once life on Mars, according to new research. The research reveals that desert varnish ... > full story -
Human Activities In Arid Urban Environments Can Affect Rainfall And Water Cycle
June 19, 2006 — A study by a climatologist in the department of geography at the University of Georgia has shown, using a unique 108-year-old data record and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, ... > full story -
Gazelles Shrink Liver And Heart To Reduce Oxygen Consumption During Drought
June 9, 2006 — How do gazelles and other large desert mammals adjust their physiology to survive when food and water are in short supply? A fascinating new study from the July/August issue of Physiological and ... > full story -
Understanding And Predicting Desertification: Researchers Offer New Insights On Arid, Semiarid Landscapes
June 4, 2006 — A team of researchers in New Mexico has developed a multi-faceted process to study arid and semiarid landscapes that takes into account the wide range of factors influencing changes that can result ... > full story
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