Nov 21 2010

Contaminated Seafood Sneaking Past Security

Keeping seafood safe for consumers requires testing imports for unapproved drugs. Should buyers be given the information about the origins of their seafood and make the call themselves?

Jun 22 2010

An Island of Honeybees in the African Desert

A genetically distinct population of honey bees has been found, isolated in the Libyan desert for the last 10,000 years.

Jun 17 2010

Deforestation Triggers Malaria Outbreaks in Brazil

Scientists discovered that a 4.2 percent change in deforestation of the Amazon yields a 48 percent increase in malaria outbreaks in Brazil.

Feb 12 2010

When Spring Arrives, Life is Timing

The most comprehensive and systematic analysis of the environmental impacts of a changing climate confirms what many individual studies have found -- the arrival of warmer temperatures earlier in the year is posing a variety of life-cycle risks to plants ...

Feb 03 2010

Migrating Cranes Get a Little Ultralite Assistance

Tag: Animal Breeding,Animal Instincts,Animal ScienceSarah Dowdey @ 7:13 pm
Each year in late January, an ultralight aircraft descends on Florida with a flock of young whooping cranes in tow. The birds, which are from central Wisconsin, follow the aircraft across the country to one of two wildlife preserves in ...

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