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Vineyard weeds found to host Pierce's disease of grapes
New research just released in the September issue of Plant Disease suggests that weeds commonly found in California's wine country may enable the spread of Pierce's disease of grapes, one of the most destructive plant diseases affecting grapes.   view more (2005-09-22)

Climate change effects on imperiled Sierra frog examined
Climate change can have significant impacts on high-elevation lakes and imperiled Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frogs that depend upon them, according to U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Berkeley, scientists.   view more (2008-12-11)

Human activities are boosting ocean temperatures in areas where hurricanes form, new study finds
Rising ocean temperatures in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are due primarily to human-caused increases in greenhouse gas concentrations.   view more (2006-09-12)

Press Invitation to the British Ecological Society`s Winter Meeting, University of York, 18-20 December 2002
You are invited to attend the UK's premier ecological event, the British Ecological Society's Winter Meeting, being held at the University of York on 18-20 December 2002. Thousands of ecologists from all four corners of the globe will be attending the meeting, which features more than 350 scientific papers and 150 posters, as well as the... view more... (2002-11-08)

Life and death in the living brain
Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones. Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted this natural "annual remodeling" of the brain and have shown that there is a direct link between the death of old neurons and their replacement by... view more... (2009-08-11)

Squeak, squeak -- can you hear me now?
What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" - mice that have outstanding hearing as they age.   view more (2009-11-10)

The exotic side of veterinary science
The last 10 years has seen a huge increase in the popularity of exotic pets. Among the weird and wonderful animals being kept in our homes are monkeys, tarantulas, iguanas, salamanders, snakes, even hedgehogs.   view more (2008-07-16)

Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs
Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing.   view more (2009-06-10)

Relocation of endangered Chinese turtle may save species
There are only four specimens of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle left on Earth-one in the wild and three in captivity.   view more (2008-05-22)

Important gene controlling tree growth and development found
Scientists at the UmeĆå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) report today about a breakthrough in our understanding of how the growth and development of forest trees is controlled.   view more (2006-05-05)

Discovering soybean plants resistant to aphids and a new aphid
This year farmers in the Midwest are growing a new variety of soybeans developed by University of Illinois researchers that has resistance to soybean aphids.   view more (2009-08-11)

Review article provides tools for the Rosaceae genomics community
A recent paper published in the journal Plant Physiology provides a comprehensive overview of the genomics tools and resources available for the rapidly growing Rosaceae scientific community.   view more (2008-07-08)

One year in orbit for first DMC satellite - AlSAT-1
AlSAT-1, the first satellite launched for the international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), has completed one year of orbital operations. The satellite, built under a know-how transfer programme at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), was launched on 28 November 2002 for Centre Nationale Techniques Spatiales in Algeria. The first... view more... (2004-01-15)

Blue Tit Mother Learns When To Lay Her Eggs
Blue tits can learn from their past nesting experiences. They adjust the timing of laying eggs to their experience with the availability of food in the previous year. Today, 5 April, the research results of three biologists of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) are published in Science. Crucial to the survival of blue tit chicks are... view more... (2002-04-05)

Scientists Identify Bovine Gene Regulating Milk Production
MTT Agrifood Research Finland and the University of Lie'ge, Belgium, have worked together successfully in locating a gene that regulates total yield and protein and fat content of milk. The scientists found a variation in the growth hormone receptor gene in the bovine chromosome 20. The variation in the receptor gene is associated with a major... view more... (2003-02-20)

Fisheries linked to decline in Galapagos waved albatross population
Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world's waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists.   view more (2006-10-04)

Penguins setting off sirens over health of world's oceans
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world's oceans, and the culprit isn't only climate change, says a University of Washington conservation biologist.   view more (2008-07-01)

First successful reverse vasectomy on endangered species performed at the National Zoo
Veterinarians at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have performed the first successful reverse vasectomy on a Przewalski's horse (E. ferus przewalskii; E. caballus przewalskii -classification debated), pronounced zshah-VAL-skeez.   view more (2008-06-18)

'TRAP' preserves genetic properties of popular geranium
Reseachers at The Ohio State University have demonstrated that Target Region Amplification Polymorphism, or TRAP, is an effective method for preserving the important genetic diversity of ornamental flower collections.   view more (2007-11-06)

Cocky foxes brush with fate
A captive-bred animal’s “personality” could significantly influence its chance of survival following reintroduction to the wild, ecologists have discovered. Working with the endangered North American swift fox, Samantha Bremner will tell the British Ecological Society’s Winter Meeting, to be held at the University of... view more... (2001-12-10)
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