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Plague on their house, but bush rats fight back

Plague on their house, but bush rats fight back

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sydney's native bush rats were unintended victims of a campaign to exterminate foreign black rats during a plague epidemic in 1900, according to new research by scientists who plan to reintroduce ...


Bush rats fight back

Bush rats fight back

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sydney's native bush rats were unintended victims of a campaign to exterminate foreign black rats during a plague epidemic in 1900, according to new research by scientists who plan to reintroduce ...


Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.


A 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida

Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.


New clues to the Falklands wolf mystery

New clues to the Falklands wolf mystery

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ever since the Falklands wolf was described by Darwin himself, the origin of this now-extinct canid found only on the Falkland Islands far off the east coast of Argentina has remained a mystery. Now, researchers ...


Angraecum sesquipedale ('Comet Orchid')

The evolution of orchids

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin and many other scientists have long been puzzled by the evolution of orchids, the largest and most diverse family of flowering plants on Earth. Now genetic sequencing is giving ...


Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.


A biology whodunnit: are rodents helping protect trees from fire?

A biology whodunnit: are rodents helping protect trees from fire?

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tom Parker has made an unusual find. In California forests and shrubland that burned in 2008, he has spotted Manzanita seedlings sprouting in tight clusters, suggesting that the young shrubs emerged from underground ...


California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish

California Academy of Sciences becomes first aquarium in US to breed dwarf cuttlefish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell—evidence of success for the ...


Spread of Western Juniper Seeds Studied

Spread of Western Juniper Seeds Studied

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aromatic, evergreen foliage and plump, dusty-blue to nearly purple berries make western juniper appealing, whether it's a small shrub or a lofty tree. The trouble is, during the past 100 years ...



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