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Molecular Target For Treatment Of West Nile Encephalitis Identified Through Studies In Mice
February 5, 2009 — In animal studies, researchers have identified molecular interactions that govern the immune system's ability to defend the brain against West Nile virus, offering the possibility that drug therapies ... > full story -
Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Sea Life
February 5, 2009 — Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine ... > full story -
Holy Guacamole: Invasive Beetle Threatens Florida's Avocados
February 4, 2009 — A researcher is tracking the movement of the Redbay Ambrosia beetle, an invasive insect that, if it spreads to southeast Florida, may severely affect the production of avocados, a $15 million to ... > full story -
Climate Change's Impact On Invasive Plants In Western US May Create Restoration Opportunities
January 27, 2009 — A new study has found that global climate change may lead to the retreat of some invasive plant species in the western United States, which could create unprecedented ecological restoration ... > full story -
Scientists Use Lasers To Measure Changes To Tropical Forests
January 23, 2009 — New technology deployed on airplanes is helping scientists quantify landscape-scale changes occurring to Big Island tropical forests from non-native plants and other environmental factors that affect ... > full story -
Global Warming: Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across The Western U.S.
January 22, 2009 — A new study led by the US Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, likely ... > full story -
Saving Strangford Horse Mussels
January 22, 2009 — Biologists are working to conserve and restore endangered horse mussel reefs in Strangford ... > full story -
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Evolution In Action: Native U.S. Lizards Are Adapting To Escape Attacks By Fire Ants
January 21, 2009 — Native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by ... > full story -
Chemical Come-on Successfully Lures Lovesick Lampreys To Traps
January 21, 2009 — A synthetic chemical version of what male sea lampreys use to attract spawning females can lure them into traps and foil the mating process of the destructive invasive species. A professor of ... > full story -
New Invasive Fish Spreads Through The Ebro Delta
January 14, 2009 — Biologists have researched and described for the first time in Europe the spread of the invasive dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) fish species. The fish comes from East Asia and was first ... > full story
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