Tiny UK parasitoid wasp discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of parasitoid wasp that feeds on a common whitefly pest has been discovered in the UK by a Natural History Museum scientist.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Dung beetle named after Darwin
A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Invasive Species on the March: Variable Rates of Spread Set Current Limits to Predictability
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether for introduced muskrats in Europe or oak trees in the United Kingdom, zebra mussels in United States lakes or agricultural pests around the world, scientists have tried to find new ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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New sequencing technique could boost pine beetle fight, improve cancer research
UBC researchers have helped developed a cheaper, faster way to compile draft genome sequences that could advance the fight against mountain pine beetle (MPB) infestation and improve cancer research.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Forest ecologist sees climate consequences
Many people worry about the link between rising bark-beetle infestations and an increase in western wildfires. But Dr. Susan Prichard, a Research Scientist at the University of Washington, adds another concern: ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Great Tit Turns Out to be a Killer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Tit is an aggressive songbird found in Britain, continental Europe, parts of Northern Africa, and much of Asia. It is believed to survive mostly on seeds, nuts, fruit, insects, beetles, ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Beetles, wildfire: Double threat in warming world
(AP) -- A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Ground beetles produce lemon/orange-scented aromas as predator repellents
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper to appear in the journal “Naturwissenschaften,” Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Athula Attygalle and his research student, Xiaogang Wu, report for the first time that some ground beetles ...
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Researcher looking for way to minimize spread of mountain pine beetle
Like a human being who, with a compromised immune system, is vulnerable to secondary diseases, jack pine trees ravaged by budworms may be more susceptible to an invasion of mountain pine beetles.
Aug 11, 2009 |
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What scientists know about jewel beetle shimmer
"Jewel beetles" are widely known for their glossy external skeletons that appear to change colors as the angle of view changes. Now they may be known for something else--providing a blueprint for materials ...
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Montana State professor hopes to help high elevation pines grow
Thread-like fungi that grow in soils at high elevations may play an important role in restoring whitebark and limber pine forests in Canada. Montana State University professor Cathy Cripps is looking for ways to use fungi ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Fossilized dung balls reveal secret ecology of lost world
A new study of 30 million year old fossil 'mega-dung' from extinct giant South American mammals reveals evidence of complex ecological interactions and theft of dung-beetles' food stores by other animals.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Beetle, fungus deliver one-two punch to black walnut trees
(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered disease, caused by a previously undescribed fungus hitchhiking on a tiny native bark beetle, is infecting and killing hundreds of black walnut trees in California and seven ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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