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Novel Fungus Helps Beetles To Digest Hard Wood
A little known fungus tucked
away in the gut of Asian
longhorned beetles helps the
insect munch through the
hardest of woods according
to a team of entomologists
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Nine To Twenty Individual Fire Ant Queens Started U.S. Fire Ant Population
The current U.S. population
of red imported fire
ants--which infest millions
of acres across the southern
states -- can be traced back
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Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds
Brown tree snakes have come
to embody the bad things
that can happen when
invasive species show up
where they have few
predators. But new research
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Entomologists Use 'Love Potion' To Detect Hidden Cerambycid Beetles
Pest cerambycids can cause
severe damage to standing
trees, logs and lumber. How
then might they be promptly
detected and their numbers
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Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes Of Three Species
August 15, 2008 — In the murky waters of an inconspicuous stream in a remote area of Wyoming, researchers detail the potential impact that an introduced fish, the white sucker, could have on the evolutionary biology ... > full story -
Mature Trees: Surviving The Revolution, Easier Than Withstanding Human Use And Abuse
August 13, 2008 — Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation ... > full story -
Tiny Invasive Snail Impacts Great Lakes, Alters Ecology
August 11, 2008 — Long a problem in the western US, the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to researchers. These tiny ... > full story -
West Nile's Targets Uncovered
August 7, 2008 — Screening the entire human genome, scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus ... > full story -
Saving Our Bees: Implications of Habitat Loss
August 5, 2008 — The undisputed queen of animal pollinators is the bee, whose daily flights aid in the reproduction of more than half of the world's flowering plants. In recent years, however, an unprecedented ... > full story -
Controlling Invasive Cane Grass With Wasps?
July 24, 2008 — Researchers are to investigate biological control for an invasive cane grass that is choking waterways across North America. Also known as Carrizo and giant cane, the grass is growing along extensive ... > full story -
Wild Orchids In Borneo: Is There Time To Save Thousands Of Species From Extinction?
July 22, 2008 — Borneo (Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world. Borneo's rain forests are also home to some extremely rare species of orchids, all highly valued for their exotic aromas and aesthetic ... > full story -
Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations, Threatening Coral Reefs
July 21, 2008 — The invasion of predatory lionfish in the Caribbean region poses yet another major threat there to coral reef ecosystems -- a new study has found that within a short period after the entry of ... > full story -
Keeping Invasive Species Out Of The Great Lakes
July 17, 2008 — The United States should follow Canada's lead and adopt standards identical to those proposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to prevent invasive species from entering the Great ... > full story -
River Damming Leads To Dramatic Decline In Native Fish Numbers
July 14, 2008 — Damming of the Colorado, alongside introduction of game fish species, has led to an extensive decline in numbers of native fish. Scientists have found that physical changes to the river caused by ... > full story
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