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New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
The authors of the new study, from Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of North Carolina, USA, argue that it is very unlikely that two genetic mutations would occur a...
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Read moreScientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips
The researchers linked many powerful computer systems together to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data collected from all publicly available isolated strains of the H5N1 virus – the cause of avian...
Health and Medicine | Read moreIn the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins
The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time—from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent ...
Life Sciences | Read moreReal Life Vampires Don’t Wait For Halloween To Be Blood-Thirsty
As fun as it is to obsess over and be scared by these fictional vampires, the real things are much more fascinating. Here is some blood-curdling information from National Wildlife Federation on living...
Life Sciences | Read moreFirst evidence for a second breeding season among migratory songbirds
It was known that these species, which migrate at night when there are fewer predators and the stars can guide their journey, breed during their stay in temperate regions of the United States and Cana...
Life Sciences | Read moreEarlier flu viruses provided some immunity to current H1N1 influenza
More than a dozen structural sites, or epitopes, in the virus may explain why many people over the age of 60, who were likely exposed to similar viruses earlier in life, carry antibodies or other type...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreReport Documents the Risks of Giant Invasive Snakes in the U.S.
The USGS report details the risks of nine non-native boa, anaconda and python species that are invasive or potentially invasive in the United States. Because all nine species share characteristics ass...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreLong feared extinct, rare bird rediscovered
Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientis...
Life Sciences | Read moreInt'l Task Force Developing Smart Mgt. Plans for Forage Fish, a Growing Target of Commercial Fishers
The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force will meet from October 12-14 in Portland, ME to continue developing critical management recommendations for “forage fish,” small prey fish like sardines, anchovies a...
Event News | Read moreAlfalfa sprouts key to discovering how meandering rivers form and maintain
Sinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow and sediment conditions required to form a...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreAlbatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale
A miniature digital camera was attached to the backs of four black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding at colonies on Bird Island, South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. Results are p...
Life Sciences | Read moreBlack rat does not bother Mediterranean seabirds
Now, an international team of scientists has studied the impact of the black rat on bird populations on Mediterranean islands. Despite the rat's environmental impact, only the tiny European storm...
Life Sciences | Read moreTransgenic Songbirds Provide New Tool to Understand the Brain
These basic functions often work about the same in people as they do in “model” animals. But if you want to study more sophisticated cognitive processes such as humans’ ability to learn language from ...
Life Sciences | Read moreTamiflu Metabolite Measured in Japanese Sewage Discharge, River Water
Scientists already knew that OC withstands the activated sludge treatment process used by many sewage treatment plants (STPs) and that the metabolite is released in STP wastewater, but the amount of O...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreDramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic
The team's research documents a wide range of responses by plants, birds, animals, insects, and humans to the warming trend. The scientists found that the increase in mean annual surface temperat...
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