Not all species are created equal. Some are more important than others. So how do we choose what to protect?
Plants & Animals
Aug 01, 2022
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Entomophthora muscae is a widespread, pathogenic fungus that survives by infecting common houseflies with deadly spores. Now, research shows that the fungus has a unique tactic to ensure its survival. The fungus "bewitches" ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2022
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Bioaerosols, or airborne biological particles containing viruses, fungal spores, bacteria, and pollen, play a key role in public health. Antibiotic resistance (AR), caused by antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), could potentially ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 30, 2022
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About 20 years ago, Bala Chaudhary worked in conservation and habitat restoration in California.
Ecology
Jun 07, 2022
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Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, yet there are still many unknowns in the coffee-growing business. Now, researchers from Japan have shed new light on the nature of a disease that seriously affects coffee ...
Agriculture
Apr 18, 2022
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When crazy ants roll into new parts of Texas, the invasive species wipe out local insects and lizards, drive away birds, and even blind baby rabbits by spewing acid in their eyes.
Ecology
Apr 03, 2022
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Researchers have shed light on a long-standing mystery concerning how fungal spores are released and dispersed.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 22, 2021
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In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found that the disease also killed porpoises and dolphins in the Salish Sea—perhaps affecting cetaceans ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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A beetle bores a tree trunk to build a gallery in the wood in order to protect its lay. As it digs the tunnel, it spreads ambrosia fungal spores that will feed the larvae. When these bore another tree, the adult beetles will ...
Evolution
Jun 23, 2021
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Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus and species.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2021
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