News tagged with gray bats
Forest Service closes caves to stop bat fungus
(AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
May 01, 2009 |
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Dispatches from the edge of doom
Something strange happened in 1973. Republican president Richard Nixon -- who the year before had stated, "this is not the land of quotas and restrictions" -- signed the Endangered Species Act into law.
May 09, 2011 |
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The psychology behind athletic success
The pressure on World Series hitters is immense. It might not have looked that way in game one as hitters battered each team's ace pitcher, especially the previously untouchable Texas Rangers pitcher Cliff ...
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Oct 29, 2010 |
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Deadly bat disease is spreading west
A disease killing more than 1 million with a mortality rate close to 100 percent continues to sweep across the country. First detected in New York in 2006, it is now found in 14 states in the East and South, leaving starvation ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Clinical study shows promising approach for preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
(PhysOrg.com) -- A phase three clinical trial directed by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Institute, demonstrated that a novel combination of drugs appears to be very successful ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Deadly fungus threatens 9 bat species in Ga., Ky., N.C., S.C. and Tenn., expert says
A leading bat expert with the USDA Forest Service's Southern Research Station today identified nine bat species in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee that she believes are most threatened by white-nose ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Cloned horses could offer insight into DNA possibilities
Before the show-jumping champion Gem Twist died in 2006, his New Jersey owners paid to have a flap of his skin frozen -- hoping to carry something of his prodigious talent into the future.
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Jan 25, 2009 |
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Discovery of virus in lemur could shed light on AIDS
The genome of a squirrel-sized, saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar may help scientists understand how HIV-like viruses coevolved with primates, according to new research from the Stanford University School ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2008 |
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UC Davis: Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus population explosion of non-native tree squirrels.
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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Second Rare Aye-Aye Born at Duke Lemur Center
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ardrey and Merlin, rare, nocturnal aye-ayes from Madagascar, are pleased to announce the birth of their second child, a male, early on July 23 at the Duke Lemur Center.
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Aug 26, 2008 |
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The psychology of baseball
It’s the seventh game of the World Series — bottom of the ninth inning, your team is down 4-3 with runners on second and third — and you’re on deck. You watch as your teammate gets the second out. That means you’re up with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2007 |
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