(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from the U.S., the West Indies, Canada and Brazil has conducted a survey of research efforts looking into the effectiveness and safety of releasing guppies to reduce the number ...
Researchers from the Victoria University of Wellington have demonstrated a link between invasive ant species and increased levels of diseases in bees.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2023
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Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza ("bird flu") is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 25, 2023
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Viruses are more likely to evolve in similar ways in related species—raising the risk that they will "jump" from one species to another, new research shows.
Evolution
Apr 12, 2018
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The bat's immune system works in a fundamentally different way to that of other mammals. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in a study of mastiff bats. The research ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2015
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Notwithstanding last month's cold snap in Texas and Louisiana, climate change is leading to warmer winter weather throughout the southern U.S., creating a golden opportunity for many tropical plants and animals to move north, ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2021
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Bacteria in the gut of disease-bearing insects - including the mosquito which carries the Zika virus - can be used as a Trojan horse to help control the insects' population, new research at Swansea University has shown.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2016
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Ancient genomes from the herpes virus that commonly causes lip sores—and currently infects some 3.7 billion people globally—have been uncovered and sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists led ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 27, 2022
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Using hundreds of viral genome sequences, scientists have shown that two major groups of rabies virus have unique evolutionary tendencies. Their findings are presented in a new study published in PLOS Pathogens.
Evolution
Dec 15, 2016
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Cases of bird flu have been detected in alpacas at a US farm, authorities said Tuesday, as the disease spreads widely among dairy cattle and has infected two humans.
Agriculture
May 29, 2024
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