New research in gorillas that were affected by an Ebola virus outbreak shows that disease can influence reproductive potential, immigration and social dynamics, and it highlights the need to develop complex models that integrate ...
Ecology
Aug 18, 2014
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Scientists have long known that providing supplemental food for wildlife, or resource provisioning, can sometimes cause more harm than good. University of Georgia ecologists have developed a new mathematical model to tease ...
Ecology
Jul 22, 2014
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Research from the University of Melbourne, Australia, could make it easier for public health investigators to determine if a case of food poisoning is an isolated incident or part of a larger outbreak. The findings are published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 23, 2014
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Despite some high profile tornadoes in 2013, the new article, "The 2013 Tornado Season: Local Devastation Defies Below-Normal Numbers", in Weatherwise magazine is reporting below average numbers of tornados. There were 903 ...
Environment
May 30, 2014
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The media are aflutter about a new drinking game. The aim of "neknomination" is to down a pint, then tell some of your friends to do the same. Or as students call it, Wednesday night.
Mathematics
Feb 7, 2014
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The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighborhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbors that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps. Its mission is to find ...
Biotechnology
Dec 8, 2013
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A study by the University of Liverpool has found that the red squirrel population along the Sefton coastline seems to be recovering from a serious outbreak of squirrelpox in 2008.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2013
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New research has found that the number of pests and disease outbreaks in trees and forests across the world has been increasing.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2013
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The deadliest known outbreak of a measles-like virus in bottlenose dolphins has killed a record number of the animals along the US Atlantic coast since July, officials said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2013
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A deep hacking cough, a runny nose and fever—just like humans, horses can suffer badly when struck down by the flu. Although equine influenza is rarely fatal, it is highly contagious and can seriously disrupt training and ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2013
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