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Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
March 7, 2013 — The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that ... > full story -
The Maternal Effect: How Mother Deer Protect Their Future Kings
March 7, 2013 — Just like the classic tale of Bambi, females from the deer family are more likely to invest more in the survival and health of their male offspring if there is a good chance those sons will become a ... > full story -
Porpoises Have to Be Careful in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands
March 7, 2013 — The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ... > full story -
Bats Not Bothered by Forest Fires, Study Finds
March 6, 2013 — A survey of bat activity in burned and unburned areas after a major wildfire in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains found no evidence of detrimental effects on bats one year after the fire. The ... > full story -
New Solution Proposed to Ensure Biofuel Plants Don't Become Noxious Weeds
March 6, 2013 — Scientist propose innovative solution to ensure lucrative biofuel plants such as arundo donax do not become invasive weeds that can destroy fragile ... > full story -
Lizards Facing Mass Extinction from Climate Change
March 5, 2013 — Climate change could see dozens of lizard species becoming extinct within the next 50 years, according to new research. The often one-directional evolutionary adaptation of certain lizard species' ... > full story -
Stressed-out Tadpoles Grow Larger Tails to Escape Predators
March 5, 2013 — When people or animals are thrust into threatening situations such as combat or attack by a predator, stress hormones are released to help prepare the organism to defend itself or to rapidly escape ... > full story -
Almost Half of Africa's Lions Facing Extinction, New Report Confirms
March 5, 2013 — A new report concludes that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The plight of many lion ... > full story -
On the Trail of Mucus-Eaters in the Gut
March 5, 2013 — Microbiologists have for the first time succeeded in directly observing microorganisms feeding on the intestinal ... > full story -
One Law to Rule Them All: Sizes Within a Species Appear to Follow a Universal Distribution
March 4, 2013 — Biologists have discovered what might be a universal property of size distributions in living systems. If valid throughout the animal kingdom, it could have profound implications on how we understand ... > full story
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