Fungal and bacterial pathogens are well capable of infecting plants, animals and humans despite their immune systems. Fungi penetrate leafs, stalks and roots, or skin, intestines and lungs, to infect their hosts.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2010
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Genetic analysis of giant pandas has shown that features of their landscape have a profound effect on the movement of genes within their population. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genetics found that physical ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2010
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The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said Tuesday.
Archaeology
Jun 23, 2010
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Solar power might be nature's most plentiful and benign source of energy, but shiny black solar cells can lure water insects away from critical breeding areas, a Michigan State University scientist and colleagues warn.
Ecology
May 27, 2010
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An Arizona State University graduate student, Jinglin Fu, in collaboration with Biodesign Institute researchers Neal Woodbury and Stephen Albert Johnston, has pioneered a technique that improves on scientists' ability to ...
Biochemistry
May 10, 2010
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About half of all bird nests don't survive due to predators, particularly in fragmented forest areas, but why? University of Illinois researchers monitored both the prey and predator to find an answer.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2010
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Like the canary in the coal mine, the timber rattlesnake may be telling us something about the environment we share.
Ecology
Apr 21, 2010
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Scientists here are taking the trial and error out of drug design by using powerful computers to identify molecular structures that have the highest potential to serve as the basis for new medications.
Other
Apr 13, 2010
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A new study reconstructing thousands of years of fire history in the southern Appalachians supports the use of prescribed fire, or controlled burns, as a tool to reduce the risk of wildfires, restore and maintain forest health ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2010
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Monkey populations in threatened forests are far more sensitive to damage to their habitat than previously thought, according to new research.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2010
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