News tagged with water snails

Parasites keep things sexy in 'hotspots'

The coevolutionary struggle between a New Zealand snail and its worm parasite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles -- just the tip of the iceberg?

In an analysis1 of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7




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Broadcast study of ocean acidification to date helps scientists evaluate effects on marine life

Might a penguin's next meal be affected by the exhaust from your tailpipe? The answer may be yes, when you add your exhaust fumes to the total amount of carbon dioxide lofted into the atmosphere by humans ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni: Fossil hermit crab named after Michael Jackson

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's most extreme deep-sea vents revealed

Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, 5 kilometres down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Crucial gene activator in slow-killing parasite identified

In the complicated life cycle of ancient flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a gene activator crucial to development of the parasites within humans – a potential ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marine biodiversity loss due to warming and predation: study

The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation – and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

A new species of a tiny freshwater snail collected from a mountainous spring in Greece

A new minute freshwater snail species belonging to the genus Daphniola was found by a researcher from University of Athens (Canella Radea) in a spring covered by snow on Mt. Parnassos, central Greece. This study was publis ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team clarifies mechanics of first new cell cycle to be described in more than 20 years

An international team of researchers led by investigators in the U.S. and Germany has shed light on the inner workings of the endocycle, a common cell cycle that fuels growth in plants, animals and some human tissues and ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

NOAA designates critical habitat for black abalone

NOAA's Fisheries Service today filed with the Federal Register a final rule that identifies black abalone critical habitat along the California coast. In February 2009, black abalone was listed as endangered ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Liver parasite lacks key genes for fatty acid synthesis: Genome sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis

The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. Infection by this parasite causes clonorchiasis. Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious diseas ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple nerve cells regulate swimming depth of marine plankton

As planktonic organisms the larvae of the marine annelid Platynereis swim freely in the open water. They move by activity of their cilia, thousands of tiny hair-like structures forming a band along the larval ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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