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Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has Widespread Effects on Wildlife
How the Arctic wildlife and
humans will be affected by
the continued melting of
Arctic sea ice is explored
in a review article in the
journal Science, by an
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Damaging Non-Native Forest Pests at Home in Northeastern U.S.
Scientists have used spatial
data to demonstrate that the
distribution of invasive
forest pests is highly
focused, with a particularly
large number of species
... > full story
How Successful Plants Take the Lead
Why are some plant species
rare, and others common? Why
do certain exotic plant
species become invasive
– while others do not?
Scientists have now
identified the most
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Caribbean's Native Predators Unable to Stop Aggressive Lionfish Population Growth
"Ocean predator" conjures up
images of sharks and
barracudas, but the
voracious red lionfish is
out-eating them all in the
... > full story
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What Causes a Small, Benign Polyp to Develop Into Severe Invasive Bladder Cancer?
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have for the first time identified the mechanism that causes a small, benign polyp to develop into severe invasive bladder ... > full story -
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Bees Under Threat from Disease-Carrying Bumblebee Imports, Research Reveals
July 17, 2013 — Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, scientists have warned. The call follows the discovery of ... > full story -
Research Supports Mosquito Indexing System That Identifies Best Time to Act Against Potential West Nile Virus Outbreaks
July 16, 2013 — Researchers have unlocked some of the mysteries of West Nile virus outbreaks and shown that use of a mosquito vector-index rating system works well to identify the best time for early ... > full story -
Lionfish Expedition: Down Deep Is Where the Big, Scary Ones Live
July 11, 2013 — The first expedition to use a deep-diving submersible to study the Atlantic Ocean lionfish invasion found something very disturbing -- at 300 feet deep, there were still significant populations of ... > full story -
Dingoes Remain Top Predator Despite Control Measures
July 10, 2013 — The culling of dingoes in Australia to protect livestock does not open the way for other predators to take their place, new research finds. Dingoes and red foxes are temporarily suppressed, while ... > full story -
Biologists Name Newly Discovered Threadworm After Physicist Max Planck
July 9, 2013 — Biologists have named a newly discovered nematode after a German Nobel laureate. Pristionchus maxplancki is thus the first species to carry the name of the scientist, who died in 1947. The discovery ... > full story -
Bird Vaccine for West Nile Virus
July 9, 2013 — Researchers have developed a vaccine to halt the spread of West Nile Virus among common and endangered bird ... > full story -
How Well Can You See With Your Ears? Device Offers New Alternative to Blind People
July 8, 2013 — A device that trains the brain to turn sounds into images could be used as an alternative to invasive treatment for blind and partially-sighted people, researchers have ... > full story -
Antarctic Crabs May Be Native, Evidence Suggests
July 4, 2013 — A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from Antarctica only to return due to warming ... > full story -
Climate Change: Disequilibrium Will Become the Norm in the Plant Communities of the Future
July 1, 2013 — Global climate change will induce large changes to the plant communities on Earth, but these will typically occur with major time lags. Many plants will remain long after the climate has become ... > full story
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