Border wall threatens biodiversity
Credit: Matt Clark / Defenders of Wildlife Borderlands are synonymous with desolation, but the Mexico-U.S. divide is something altogether different. The nearly 2,000-mile-long border traverses...
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Scientists warn that proposed US-Mexico border wall threatens biodiversity, conservation
Credit: Matt Clark / Defenders of Wildlife Amidst increased tensions over the US-Mexico border, a multinational group of over 2500 scientists have endorsed an article...
NYU’s Sanjana receives DARPA 2018 Young Faculty Award for precise gene repair
Credit: New York Genome Center New York University biologist Neville Sanjana has received the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's 2018 Young Faculty Award for his...
Coldwater streams may provide refuge against changing climate
Credit: Rebecca Quiñones June 24, 2018 - Coldwater stream habitats are vulnerable to effects of climate change, particularly to changes in precipitation and air temperatures...
Research shows climate change affects recreational behavior
DURHAM, N.H. - Whether it's casting a fishing line, launching a boat, or taking a dip to cool off, most people heading to a lake...
Wildfire management designed to protect Spotted Owls may be outdated
Credit: John S. Senser, US Forest Service Forest fires are not a serious threat to populations of Spotted Owls, contrary to current perceptions and forest...
Study explores risk factors linked to chikungunya and dengue outbreaks
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers analyzed chikungunya and dengue outbreak data...
NASA satellite shows Son-Tinh’s swan song
Credit: NOAA/NASA Goddard Rapid Response Team NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite found Tropical Depression Son-Tinh over southern China early on July 24. On July 24, the...
Ten scholarship holders in oceanography honored
Today ten scholarship holders from around the globe presented their final papers at the Wissenschaftsforum conference centre in Berlin as part of the Centre of...
A protein that promotes compatibility between chromosomes after fertilization
Credit: Paulo Navarro Costa A research team from the Center for Biomedical Research (CBMR), at the University of Algarve (UAlg), and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência...
Protein discovery may explain why patients develop resistance to new anti-cancer drugs
A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has identified a protein complex that might explain why some cancer patients treated with the revolutionary...
Ocean acidification a challenge for science, governments & communities
A new IMAS-led paper published in the science journal Nature Climate Change has highlighted the challenges faced by scientists, governments and communities as rising levels...
New research collection targets insect pests of pulse crops
Credit: Mariusz Sobieski, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2018--Around the world, pulse crops--such as beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils--are an important staple in the modern...
Plenty of habitat for bears in Europe
Credit: Adam Wajrak Great opportunity for European brown bears: a new study spearheaded by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin...
Bin the bug spray: Study shows EU pesticide ban failing to protect suburban bees
Credit: University of Sussex Bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to significant levels of pesticides despite the EU ban on the use...
