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Three new monitor lizards are discovered
BONN, Germany, May 20 (UPI) -- German scientists say they have found three new monitor lizards in the Philippines, suggesting an underestimation of the lizards' Southeast Asian diversity.
Global warming threatens trout and salmon
CARDIFF, Wales, May 20 (UPI) -- Welsh scientists say trout and salmon populations have decreased during recent decades and new evidence shows global warming might put both species at...
New Species of Frogs, Geckos and Pigeons Found
In Indonesia, Researchers Discover Long-Nosed Frog, Tiny Kangaroo, Big Woolly Rat, 3-Toned Pigeon and Gargoyle-Like Gecko
'Lost world' of Papua
New species of bats, frogs and geckos are among creatures discovered on a Conservation International expedition to the Indonesian territory.
New species of human malaria recognized
Scientists investigating ovale malaria, a form of the disease thought to be caused by a single species of parasite, have confirmed that the parasite is actually two similar but distinct...
Are invasive species bad? Not always, say researchers
New research challenges the notion that invasive species can't coexist with native animals. The researchers studied the Asian shore crab, which has proliferated along the Atlantic shore. They explain why...
Neiker-Tecnalia underlines the need to maintain programs for monitoring pathogens in wildlife
The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker-Tecnalia) has completed a study commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Land Use Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries...
Catalogue of Life 2010 launched at UN Biodiversity Meeting in Nairobi
The world's most valuable asset, on which we all depend, is silently slipping through our fingers - it is the world's astounding biodiversity, in some cases lost before it is...
Hacked grasses hoard sugar
Researchers have doubled the energy yields of some grasses by reprogramming the way they convert light into sugars.
Some Libby's-brand corned beef is recalled
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of approximately 87,000 pounds of imported beef products due to possible contamination.
How bacterial community evolves to survive
An international team of researchers has shown how a bacterial community evolves to survive hostile host defenses in the body.
Is Japan Seeing Internal Shift on Whaling?
There are signs that Japan's appetite for whale hunts may be fading a bit.
MicroRNA expression and turnover are regulated by neural activity in the retina and brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) found that microRNAs, small RNA regulators of gene expression, are up- and down-regulated in the retina during light-dark...
Team validates, extends functional MRI research on brain activity
Like a motorist who knows that the "check engine" light indicates something important but ill-defined is happening, neuroscientists have relied heavily on an incompletely understood technology called functional magnetic resonance...
Control of cell movement with light accomplished in living organisms
A new technique uses light to manipulate the activity of a protein at precise times and places within a living cell, providing a new tool for scientists who study the...
3D images of live honeybee colony
A new way to see into a live honeybee colony could help scientists find out more about why the insects are declining.
First large-scale formal quantitative test confirms Darwin's theory of universal common ancestry
More than 150 years ago, Darwin proposed the theory of universal common ancestry, linking all forms of life by a shared genetic heritage from single-celled microorganisms to humans. Until now,...
Clash of the mites: Hot on the heels of a destructive coconut pest
Biological control experts are sending mites after their own kind as researchers make headway in an initiative to naturally manage the most invasive and destructive pest of the crop, the...
Brazil fire destroys snake centre
Fire destroys a leading collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions at a research centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Light shows fMRI works as advertised
Optogenetic method validates assumption underlying brain imaging technique
Swordfish, Three Other Stocks Fully Rebuilt, NOAA reports
Four fisheries stocks, including Atlantic swordfish, have now been rebuilt to healthy levels, according to a new report.
Mutated beetles fall behind
A study on beetles has found that damaged DNA can cause subtle problems – so ‘good genes’ are often just an absence of mutations.
Baby corals dance their way home
Baby corals find their way home in their first days as free-swimming larvae by listening to the noise of animals on the reef and actively swimming towards it, an international...
Asian ivory trade poses danger to African elephant
PUTIAN, China (AP) -- Carefully, the Chinese ivory dealer pulled out an elephant tusk cloaked in bubble wrap and hidden in a bag of flour. Its...
Holy Bat Trick! Biosonar Could Give Robots Night Vision
Researchers are replicating bats' echolocation for robots to use in sensing the shape of their surroundings
Being Bad at Relationships Is Good for Survival
Though we might want a secure mate, evolution may have favored insecure individuals that are good for human survival.
Alpacas to Help Fight Gulf Spill?
Human hair, pet fur, and now alpaca fleece from zoo animals are being used to make booms designed to keep oil off the U.S. Gulf Coast. Video. ...
Tweets Lockdown Eases at Cold Spring Harbor
Scientist-tweeters seem to have found an easy solution to a ban on using social...