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Brown Tree Snake

Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds

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created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators. Unchecked for many years, ...





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Tropical forest seed banks: A blast from the past

Tropical forest seed banks: A blast from the past

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeds of some tree species in the Panamanian tropical forest can survive for more than 30 years before germinating. That is 10 times longer than most field botanists had believed.


Brown-led team offers first look at how bats land

Team offers first look at how bats land (w/Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

People have always been fascinated by bats, but the scope of that interest generally is limited to how bats fly and their bizarre habit of sleeping upside down. Until now, no one had studied how bats arrive ...


Study rearranges some branches on animal tree of life

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created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 0

A study led by Brown University biologist Casey Dunn uses new genomics tools to answer old questions about animal evolution. The study is the most comprehensive animal phylogenomic research project to date, involving 40 million ...


Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems

Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality.


Genome sequencing of fungus with biotechnological applications

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers Antonio G. Pisabarro (Professor of Microbiology) as well as José Luis Lavín and José Antonio Oguiza, from the Genetic and Microbiology Group at the Public University of Navarre, have taken ...


Avian origins: new analysis confirms ancient beginnings

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created Feb 05, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (22) | comments 1

Did modern birds originate around the time of the dinosaurs' demise, or have they been around far longer?


Crikey steveirwini! Snail honour for late Aussie star

Biology / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An Australian scientist has paid an unusual tribute to late conservation star Steve Irwin by naming a rare species of snail "crikey steveirwini".


Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...


Online Encyclopedia of Life reaches 150,000 species

Online Encyclopedia of Life reaches 150,000 species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The public and scientists have helped create the first 150,000 species pages in the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the global online project to create a page for each of the 1.8 million known species on the planet.


Bumblebee re-introduced to UK

Bumblebee re-introduced to UK

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

This month, a campaign was launched to re-introduce the short-haired bumblebee to the UK from New Zealand.



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