President Bush's cut to AIDS prevention in Africa would be devastating
...olobus guereza) and were analyzed for the eggs and larvae of worms and protozoan cysts. The study appears online ahead of publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology. While the three primate species were subject to a higher risk of infections, only the guenons (pronounced GWINN-ins) suffered from an inc...Affymetrix and ParAllele Launch Industry's Most Comprehensive Product Line for Targeted Genotyping
...olobus guereza) and were analyzed for the eggs and larvae of worms and protozoan cysts. The study appears online ahead of publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology. While the three primate species were subject to a higher risk of infections, only the guenons (pronounced GWINN-ins) suffered from an inc...Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health
...olobus guereza) and were analyzed for the eggs and larvae of worms and protozoan cysts. The study appears online ahead of publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology. While the three primate species were subject to a higher risk of infections, only the guenons (pronounced GWINN-ins) suffered from an inc...University of Nevada, Reno research team discovers hormone that causes malaria mosquito to urinate
...an insecticide that halts the maturation of insect larvae to adults. Methoprene, which has the same effect as an insect hormone called juvenile hormone, also stops the insect from reproducing. It is being used heavily throughout the United States to help prevent the spread of West Nile Virus. Schooley's...Plankton can run, but can't hide from basking sharks
... attempt to throw some of their predators (eg fish larvae and predatory invertebrates such as arrow worms) off their trail. However, this study shows that basking sharks seem to have rumbled them. As well as shedding new light on behavioural strategies of plankton-feeding sharks and whales, the results hav...Insects develop resistance to engineered crops
...e lab, and recently, cabbage loopers (a moth whose larvae feed on plants in the cabbage family) have shown resistance to Bt sprays in commercial greenhouses. So far, only diamondback moths, which were used in this study, have developed resistance to Bt toxins in the field. The resistance resulted from farm...Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures
...narrow ocean channel that funnels water as well as larvae and plankton from throughout the Caribbean, in all likelihood making for a unique habitat that will yield numerous interesting and potentially lifesaving samples during submersible dives as deep as 3,000 feet. The team will also conduct daily scuba d...An (ecological) origin of species for tropical reef fish
...nstantly stir the waters, washing in fish or their larvae from afar, a world without well-defined geographic...'t the case." Mitochondrial DNA of adult fish and larvae from three locations in the Caribbean and from three locations in Brazil showed much clearer genetic...Symbiotic bacteria protect hunting wasps from fungal infestation
...lize these bacterial symbionts to protect the wasp larvae against pathogenic fungi. Detrimental microorgani... human medicine. Female beewolves provision their larvae with paralyzed honeybees in brood cells in the soil. As part of this process, the researchers show, ...New project aims to make large-scale lobster farms feasible
... based on the serendipitous discovery that lobster larvae are settling on open water fish cages in Puerto Ri...in various countries, has been the need to collect larvae from the wild. The lobster larval growth cycle is extremely complicated and as yet reproduction and ...Falling ants glide back to trunk to avoid dangers of forest floor
...he laboratory, he goes in search of mosquitoes and larvae in the canopy where they live, mostly above privat... equipment, he ascends trees and collects mosquito larvae from water-filled tree cavities and also collects adult females who've had a recent meal of blood ?h...Spider Venom Could Yield Eco-Friendly Insecticides
...One could envision specifically targeting mosquito larvae that carry human diseases such as West Nile or malaria, while leaving other insects and vertebrates unharmed," says King. ...Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon
...ool becomes a moving cloud of contagions. Sea lice larvae mature and reproduce on the seaward salmon with ea... producing 300-800 eggs. This second round of lice larvae can re-infect the fish in the school and can spread to other previously unexposed populations coming...