In Southeast Asia, illegal hunting is a more threat to wildlife than forest degradation
Credit: Andrew Tilker For decades habitat loss and degradation were considered the important drivers for defaunation in tropical rainforest ecosystems. ...
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New evidence that bacteria drive biodiversity in the Cape Floral Region
Researchers have found evidence for a vertically inherited symbiosis between the Cape geophyte genus, Oxalis, and the nitrogen-fixing bacterial genus ...
Blood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
Penn study points to clinical utility of liquid biopsy in glioblastomaCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A blood test that measures ...
In one direction or the other: That is how DNA is unwound
An international research group sheds light on one of the key mechanisms of cell life by joining computer simulations and ...
Bacteria and fungi show a precise daily rhythm in tropical air, finds NTU
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU ...
Detection dogs and DNA on the trail of endangered lizards
Noninvasive scat sampling could strengthen reptile conservationCredit: Mike Westphal, Bureau of Land Management Detection dogs trained to sniff out the ...
Unexpected outcomes: Damages to Puerto Rican coffee farms from Hurricane Maria varied
Credit: Levi Stroud/U-M College of LSA. ANN ARBOR--University of Michigan ecologists Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer have studied Latin American ...
Parasite manipulates algal metabolism for its own benefit
Pathogenic fungi attack diatoms in the ocean and trigger the formation of new, beneficial substances in the algaeCredit: Angela Overmeyer, ...
New grant will help scientists study how cover crops affect plant disease
Credit: Christopher Gannon AMES, Iowa - A multi-state experiment that recently received a major grant will examine how planting cover ...
Progressing toward successful gene-based approaches to inherited neurometabolic diseases
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--Researchers are making great strides toward de-veloping gene-based strategies ...
Re-cracking the genetic code
Credit: Tomislav Alajbeg Crack open a biology textbook and you will find a standard icon of molecular biology: the table ...
Leipzig primate researchers initiate global collaboration
First ManyPrimates study published todayCredit: Clara Dubois, Leipzig University, LFE The Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Center is better known as ...
Facebook and Instagram gave away the presence of the ‘Japan pig’ seahorse in Taiwan
Credit: Chao-Tsung Chen While monitoring of cryptic and elusive tiny creatures, such as pygmy seahorses that measure only 13 to ...
New insight on how bacteria evolve drug resistance could lead to improved antibiotic therapies
Exploiting a strategy known as collateral sensitivity in bacteria could lead to the development of novel and sustainable treatmentsCredit: Barbosa ...