US report: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance (Update)
Discovered: A mammal and bug food co-op in the High Arctic
University of Alberta researchers were certainly surprised when they discovered the unusual response of pikas to patches of vegetation that had previously been grazed on by caterpillars from a species normally found in the ...
Apr 24, 2013
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USDA starts new program to track farm animals
Without adequate funding, deadly wheat disease could threaten global food supplies
Study of grinding stones suggests adaption to ice age may have led to birth of agriculture in China
(Phys.org) —A researcher from Stanford's Archaeology Center, working with colleagues in China has found evidence to support the notion that early hunter-gatherers in China turned to processing plant foods ...
Mar 20, 2013
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World population not likely to stabilize at 10 billion people
Projections suggesting the world human population will stop growing around 10 billion people at the end of this century are improbable, according to new research by SFI Postdoctoral Fellow Marcus Hamilton and collaborators.
Mar 20, 2013
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Shanghai river's dead pig total approaches 15,000
The number of dead pigs found in a river which runs through Shanghai has reached nearly 15,000, officials and reports said Tuesday, as a newspaper claimed the government was concealing the true tally.
Mar 19, 2013
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Why are storks changing their migratory patterns? New project launched
In folklore, storks' strong white wings would carry babies to parents around the world. But since the mid 1980s increasing numbers of storks have stopped their annual migration from Northern Europe to Africa ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Weather warning: Study examines climate change as a national security issue
Harvard researcher is pointing toward a new reason to worry about the effects of climate change—national security.
Feb 20, 2013
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Acacia trees crucial to Israel's desert bats, study finds
Greater conservation of threatened acacia trees is needed to preserve vulnerable species of rare insectivorous bats in Israel, according to new research by biologists at the University of Bristol. Dense areas ...
Feb 20, 2013
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Spread of sexually transmitted disease in ladybirds
A study at the University of Liverpool into the spread of sexually transmitted infection in ladybirds has shown that disease risk to large populations cannot be predicted without a full understanding of the ...
Feb 07, 2013
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Nutrient-sensing enzymes key to starvation response and survival in newborn mammals
A family of nutrient-sensing enzymes, dubbed Rag GTPases, modulates the activity of the mTORC1 protein complex, whose inhibition is essential for autophagy and survival in newborn mammals. One enzyme, RagA, has been found ...
Dec 23, 2012
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Biologists design method to monitor global bee decline
A global network of people monitoring bee populations may form an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world's food system and economies.
Dec 20, 2012
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Tracing foodborne pathogens on the farm
(Phys.org)—In 2011, an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe led to almost 150 illnesses and 30 deaths. With a spate of recent outbreaks of such foodborne pathogens as Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing ...
Dec 05, 2012
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Bacteria hijack host cell process, create their own food supply to become infectious
Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found.
Nov 29, 2012
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