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Are North Atlantic Right Whales Mating in the Gulf of Maine?
July 24, 2013 Using data obtained during six years of regular aerial surveys and genetics data collected by a consortium of research groups, scientists have strengthened evidence pointing to the central Gulf of ... > full story -
Nemo on Chemo: Pig Receiving Chemotherapy for Lymphoma Successfully Recovering
July 24, 2013 Playful as a puppy even at 730 pounds, Nemo, a rescued black-and-white Hampshire pig, became a porcine pioneer after lymphoma struck. Undergoing a novel care plan, he became a teaching case for ... > full story -
Heading for Regeneration: Researchers Reactivate Head Regeneration in Regeneration-Deficient Species of Planarians
July 24, 2013 Rabbits can't do it, neither can frogs, but zebrafish and axolotls can and flatworms are true masters of the craft: regeneration. Why some animals can re-grow lost body parts or organs while others ... > full story -
Dangers to Biological Diversity from Proliferation of Global Cashmere Garment Industry
July 24, 2013 A new study reveals a disturbing link between the cashmere trade and the decay of ecosystems that support some of the planet’s most spectacular yet little-known large ... > full story -
New Species of Hero Shrew Found in Equatorial Africa: Most Bizarre Mammalian Spine on Earth
July 24, 2013 Scientists have described a new species of Hero Shrew -- the mammal with the most bizarre lower spine on Earth. The interlocking vertebrae of the Hero Shrew render the spine four to five times more ... > full story -
Does the Dangerous New Middle East Coronavirus Have an African Origin?
July 24, 2013 The MERS-coronavirus is regarded as a dangerous novel pathogen: Almost 50 people have died from infection with the virus since it was first discovered in 2012. To date all cases are connected with ... > full story -
Scientific Who's Who of Bolivian Mammals
July 23, 2013 Biologists have published a massive database of mammals occurring in Bolivia, shedding light on the poorly known yet vast wildlife diversity of this South American ... > full story -
Why Are Sea Stars Dying from New Jersey to Maine? Divers Asked to Report Large Groupings of Starfish
July 23, 2013 Marine biologists are working to identify the cause of a disease that is killing sea stars (starfish) from New Jersey to ... > full story -
Environmental Toxins Enter the Brain Tissue of Polar Bears
July 23, 2013 Scientists from Denmark and Canada are worried by their new findings showing that several bioaccumulative perfluoroalkyl substancesare crossing the blood brain barrier of polar bears from Scoresby ... > full story -
Scientists Prove Ticks Harbor Heartland Virus, a Recently Discovered Disease in the United States
July 22, 2013 Scientists have for the first time traced a novel virus that infected two men from northwestern Missouri in 2009 to populations of ticks in the region, providing confirmation that lone star ticks are ... > full story
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