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Microbes Hitchhike Across Atlantic On Desert Dust
May 26, 2006 — Bacteria and fungi, some with the potential to cause disease in plants or animals, may be finding their way from Africa to the Americas by hitchhiking on microscopic dust particles kicked up by ... > full story -
How Did Cactuses Evolve?
May 15, 2006 — In a groundbreaking new study in the June issue of American Naturalist, Erika J. Edwards (Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara) and Michael J. Donoghue (Yale University) ... > full story -
Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?
May 8, 2006 — Cold, wet conditions early in the year mean that 2006 is shaping up as the worst year for California's butterflies in almost four decades, according to Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology ... > full story -
Titan's Seas Are Sand, Cassini's Images Of Saturn's Moon Show
May 8, 2006 — Until a couple of years ago, scientists thought the dark equatorial regions of Titan might be liquid oceans. New radar evidence shows they are seas -- but seas of sand dunes like those in the Arabian ... > full story -
Soggy Sands Of Mars?
April 9, 2006 — Cracks and fins in the sand in an American desert look very similar to features seen on Mars and may indicate the recent presence of water at the ... > full story -
Clues To African Archaeology Found In Lead Isotopes
April 4, 2006 — Microscopic specs of lead are offering clues about the enormous cultural changes that swept across northern Africa a thousand years ago, according to new research to be presented at the March 2006 ... > full story -
Largest Crater In The Great Sahara Discovered By Boston University Scientists
March 3, 2006 — Researchers have discovered the remnants of the largest crater of the Great Sahara of North Africa. The double-ringed crater -- which has an outer rim surrounding an inner ring -- is approximately 31 ... > full story -
In Bacterial Diversity, Amazon Is A 'Desert'; Desert Is An 'Amazon'
January 25, 2006 — Ironically, in the diversity of soil bacteria, the otherwise species-rich Amazon is a more like a desert, while the arid desert is a teeming microbial Amazon, researchers have found. Their first-ever ... > full story -
Ancient Trans-Atlantic Swarm Brought Locusts To The New World
December 26, 2005 — Somewhere between three and five million years ago, a massive swarm of locusts took off from the west coast of Africa and made an unlikely voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to colonize the New World, ... > full story -
Methane Found In Desert Soils Bolsters Theories That Life Could Exist On Mars
November 7, 2005 — Evidence of methane-producing organisms can be found in inhospitable soil environments much like those found on the surface of Mars, according to experiments undertaken by scientists and students ... > full story
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