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Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean Molting On Demand
Researchers are close to
unraveling intricate
cellular pathways that
control molting in blue
crabs. The discoveries could
... > full story
Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared To Macho Lions
Despite their fearsome
fangs, male sabertoothed
cats may have been less
aggressive than many of
their feline cousins, says a
... > full story
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced
Scientists have decoded the
genome of the domestic
horse, revealing a genome
structure with remarkable
similarities to humans and
more than one million
genetic differences across a
... > full story
Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates
Scientists have an ambitious
new strategy for untangling
the evolutionary history of
humans and their biological
relatives: Create a genetic ... > full story
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Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
November 4, 2009 — Researchers found that removing all of the trees from a section of the forest had a negative effect on amphibians during their later life cycles, but had some positive effects during amphibians' ... > full story -
Tiny Laser-scanning Microscope Images Brain Cells In Freely Moving Animals
November 4, 2009 — By building a tiny microscope small enough to be carried around on a rat's head, scientists in Germany have found a way to study the complex activity of many brain cells simultaneously while animals ... > full story -
First Draft Of The Pig: Researchers Sequence Swine Genome
November 4, 2009 — A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and ... > full story -
Notorious 'Man-eating' Lions Of Tsavo Likely Ate About 35 People -- Not 135, Scientists Say
November 3, 2009 — The legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" that terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya more than a century ago likely consumed about 35 people -- far fewer than popular estimates of 135 victims, ... > full story -
New Clues To Extinct Falklands Wolf Mystery
November 3, 2009 — Ever since the Falklands wolf was described by Darwin himself, the origin of this now-extinct canid found only on the Falkland Islands far off the east coast of Argentina has remained a mystery. Now, ... > full story -
Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection
November 3, 2009 — Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity? A large and unexpected one, say wildlife ... > full story -
Are US And European Plovers Really Birds Of A Feather?
November 2, 2009 — The Kentish-Snowy Plover, a small shorebird found in the US and Europe, is 'suffering' from an identity crisis after scientists found genetic evidence that the populations are, in fact, separate ... > full story -
Diabetic Flies: Fruit Fly Model Helps Unravel Genetics Of Human Diabetes
November 2, 2009 — Researchers are using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to unravel what genes and gene pathways are involved in the metabolic changes that lead to insulin resistance and ... > full story -
Spider Mite Predators Serve As Biological Control
November 2, 2009 — The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in ... > full story -
A Solution To Darwin's 'Mystery Of The Mysteries' Emerges From The Dark Matter Of The Genome
November 1, 2009 — Why do crosses between two species often yield sterile or inviable progeny (for instance, mules emerging from a cross between a horse and a donkey)? New research suggests that the solution to this ... > full story
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