Skip to main content

Page not found

We’re sorry — the page you are searching for cannot be found, because the page has moved, it no longer exists, or we mis-typed the hyperlink that led you here.
About searching
  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … kid, they were common in Lyme. His house was surrounded on two sides by forest, and Anderson liked to bike in the … showed that the disease wasn’t caused by a virus but by a species of spirochete bacterium, a type that shares a … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

    0 comments

  2. What is a species?

    What is a species? With the advent of molecular biology, … without its problems.  For instance, how do we classify two populations of individuals that could interbreed, but … population as a species, deserving of special protection under the law. The total number of species in an area …

    0 comments

  3. In the Tropics, woody vines make lightning more deadly for forests

    … and lianas, thanks in part to global change. This one-two punch is likely causing an increase in the death of … that are sensitive to global change, interact to shape tree survival. More work is needed to identify the tree species that will be most impacted, those that will be …

    0 comments

  4. Beech Bark Disease

    … insect (the beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga ) and two species of bark-cankering fungi ( Neonectria faginata and … (0.5-1 mm, or 0.02-0.04 inches) and feeds on tissues just under the bark. When it settles on a tree to feed, it covers …

    0 comments

  5. Dr. Arielle Biro

    … bottom-up ecosystem drivers, ranging from climate, fire, species composition, and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under climate warming. Previous Research Before …

    ltumblety - 12/06/2023 - 08:49

  6. The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback

    … and tuberculosis, diseases that were once brought under control before spilling back into animals which … persist, adapt, and then reinfect people. “There are two reasons we’re concerned about spillback: the … says Fagre. “If this virus spills over into a species which is already hugely threatened by things like …

    0 comments

  7. The Lost Snail of the Yangtze

    … form” must be a very odd snail. The shells were of two forms (male and female?), some were only loosely coiled, … adaptations (such as cementing to the river’s bed) for species to survive. Torrential currents impose enormous … supposed to observe or capture the river’s inhabitants under such extreme conditions? Biologists from the American …

    0 comments

  8. In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

    … they buried 504 mesh bags of rocks (crushed dunite) under trees, and measured nutrient weathering from the rocks … clay minerals in local soils. Trees sampled included five species of nitrogen fixers (51 trees), five species of … release by breaking down iron-bearing minerals. Two important products of weathering include available …

    0 comments

  9. Climate change water variability hurts salamander populations

    … brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders, according to a new study by the … environmental variability may be especially challenging for species that undergo metamorphosis – like many insects and … However, these ecosystems are also losing protection under proposed Clean Water Act revisions, says Lowe. …

    0 comments

  10. The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus

    … with the potential to infect humans. There are also efforts under way, including one at Ohio State University, to test … and biology, to predict which specific animals and species are likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and to … coronavirus in an animal, a process that can occur when two viruses infect the same animal, the viruses swap genetic …

    0 comments