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Injured Tiger Saved by Village
December 12, 2012 — The village of Nidugumba in Karnataka State in southwest India acted swiftly to save an injured tiger that had become caught in a barbed wire fence last ... > full story -
Virus-Host Co-Evolution: How Specialized Should a Strain of a Multi-Host Virus Be?
December 11, 2012 — A new study of canine distemper virus (CDV) provides the first evidence that the virus occurs as specialist strains that emerge in response to strong evolutionary selection in the large global ... > full story -
New Coronavirus Has Many Potential Hosts, Could Pass from Animals to Humans Repeatedly
December 11, 2012 — The SARS epidemic of 2002-2003 was short-lived, but a novel type of human coronavirus that is alarming public health authorities can infect cells from humans and bats alike, a fact that could make ... > full story -
Insect-Eating Bat Outperforms Nectar Specialist as Pollinator of Cactus Flowers
December 6, 2012 — In a surprising result, scientists have found that the insect-eating pallid bat is a more effective pollinator of cardon cactus flowers than a nectar-feeding specialist, the lesser long-nosed ... > full story -
At High Altitude, Carbs Are the Fuel of Choice
December 6, 2012 — Mice living in the high-altitude, oxygen-starved environment of the Andean mountains survive those harsh conditions by fueling their muscles with carbohydrates. The findings provide the first ... > full story -
African Savannah -- And Its Lions -- Declining at Alarming Rates
December 4, 2012 — About 75 percent of Africa's savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once estimated to live there have disappeared in the last 50 years, according to a new ... > full storyMore: -
Fox Invasion Threatens Wave of Extinction in Tasmania
December 4, 2012 — The effort to stop the irreversible spread of foxes in Tasmania is at a critical stage with many native species at risk of extinction, new research ... > full story -
Why Some Strains of Lyme Disease Bacteria Are Common and Others Are Not
December 4, 2012 — New clues about the bacteria that cause Lyme disease could lead to a novel strategy to reduce infections, according to new research. The study reveals that the immune system of the white-footed ... > full story -
Pygmy Mole Crickets Don't Just Walk on Water, They Jump on It
December 3, 2012 — Pygmy mole crickets are known to be prodigious jumpers on land. Now, researchers have found that the tiny insects have found an ingenious method to jump from the water, too. Their secret is a series ... > full story -
Key Pathological Mechanism Found in Plague Bacterium
December 3, 2012 — A more than 50-year-old question has now been answered. Chemists and microbiologists are now able to describe in detail the role of calcium in the ability of the plague bacterium Yersinias to cause ... > full story
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