May 23, 2017 — A new study of 67 less-developed, malaria-endemic nations finds a link between deforestation and increasing malaria rates across developing ...
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May 19, 2017 — Going under the common name of Elfin mountain toad, a new amphibian is recognized as one of the smallest representative of its group. The new species was identified from the highland wet forests of ...
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May 19, 2017 — Iron is a critical nutrient in the ocean. Its importance for algae and the nitrogen cycle has already been investigated in detail. Now a new discovery shows that microbes also need iron to process ...
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May 18, 2017 — The vast majority of coral reef fish produce large numbers of young that disperse into the ocean as larvae, drifting with the currents before settling down on a reef. A few reef fish, however keep ...
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May 18, 2017 — A new study revealing the world's prime insect predation hotspots, achieved its landmark findings using an unusual aid: plasticine 'dummy caterpillars.' The new study has revealed a ...
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May 18, 2017 — In 2013, researchers studying mosses and microbes growing at the southern end of the Antarctic Peninsula documented unprecedented ecological change over the last 50 years, driven by warming ...
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May 18, 2017 — By analyzing both the genes that control color detecting photoreceptors and the structural components of the eye itself, evolutionary biologists have discovered male and female butterflies of one ...
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May 18, 2017 — It is easy to assume that getting rid of invasive plants will allow a local ecosystem to return to its natural state, with native vegetation flourishing once again. However, the impact of weedy ...
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May 18, 2017 — Growing plants and then storing the carbon dioxide they have taken up from the atmosphere is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning, a new study shows. The ...
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May 17, 2017 — Biomarkers in the teeth of wild orangutans indicate nursing patterns related to food fluctuations in their habitats, which can help guide understanding of breast-feeding evolution in humans, ...
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May 17, 2017 — Researchers have solved a mystery that has long shrouded our understanding of white oaks: where did they come ...
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May 17, 2017 — The loss of intact forest cover in Myanmar has accelerated over the last decade, according to a new ...
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May 17, 2017 — Scientists have discovered a refuge for corals where the environment protects otherwise sensitive species to the increasing severity of climate ...
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May 17, 2017 — For some time, unicellular benthic organisms from the Indo-Pacific have been spreading in the Mediterranean. An international team of scientists has now found evidence that a possible path of ...
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May 17, 2017 — A new study of Australian wildflower communities is improving understanding of how climatic stress controls plant diversity, based on the strategies different species use to survive, grow and ...
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May 17, 2017 — Over time, humans have contributed to the loss of native species and have introduced non-native species throughout Europe. A new analysis shows how European freshwater fish have changed profoundly ...
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May 16, 2017 — Marine scientists determine how the larvae of a common coral species respond to environmental stresses in Taiwan and ...
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May 16, 2017 — Central American tropical forests are beginning to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening the livelihood of indigenous peoples there and endangering some of the most biologically diverse ...
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May 16, 2017 — Marine reserves -- sections of the ocean where fishing is prohibited -- promote coral reef sustainability by preventing overfishing and increasing fish abundance and diversity. But to be effective, ...
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May 16, 2017 — An oystercatcher nest is washed away in a storm surge. Australian passerine birds die during a heatwave. A late frost in their breeding area kills off a group of American cliff swallows. Small ...
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When Birds of a Feather Poop Together: Excessive Birds Feces and Algal Blooms
Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity
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Methane-Munching Microbes Living in the Deep Biosphere for 400 Million Years: An Analogue for Extra-Terrestrial Life
Holy Chickens: Did Medieval Religious Rules Drive Domestic Chicken Evolution?
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