Honeybees In The Wild Nearly Gone In North America
...from stateto state, he said. "Honeybees are not in danger of extinction. Beekeepers arestill maintaining around 3 million colonies in the United States,"Tew said. "What's much closer to extinction, however, isthe unmanaged population of honeybees." The European honeybee, which was brought to the United Stat...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
..."The people of Madagascar certainly understand the danger of extinctionfor these animals, but they have no choice. They need the food the animalsprovide and the income from logging." The center's three-pronged approach of captive breeding, habitat protectionand education aims to preserve the animals and to...Handfish Steps Back From Brink Of Extinction
...th distribution and abundance and is considered in danger of extinction. The causes of its decline are not understood, although one of the contributing factors being investigated is the spread of the introduced northern Pacific Seastar throughout the Derwent Estuary. This may be as a result of star...SFSU Biologist Deciphers Desert Animals' Whistles And Drumbeats
...quite different: "Run for cover, children! There's danger near!" Toiling in the deserts of Central A...t gerbils of Central Asia, rely on each other when danger is near. Active during the day, when the threat of predation is high, they have developed two kinds ...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
...urysm. As mentioned above, this procedure has some danger associated with it, in case the probe inadvertently touches the aneurysm and causes it to rupture. One of the important considerations for practical use of the VTM in minimally invasive surgery, of course, is whether results from initial evaluation ...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...ancer in people infected with H. pylori. "The real danger lurks when a person takes metronidazole without the complete complement of drugs that eradicate this bacterium," says Paul S. Hoffman, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology and medicine at Dalhousie University Medical School in Halifax. "Wh...New Vancomycin Structure May Point To Path For Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance
...ction, and government officials are minimizing the danger to public healthrepresented by this first fatality. Still, the death lends urgency to ongoingefforts by researchers to modify vancomycin in ways that will enable the drug toovercome emerging bacterial resistance. On the heels of this news, sc...FDA Approves Hopkins-Designed Implants To Restore Lost Voices
... or even walkupstairs," he says. "There is also a danger of choking on food, as the foldsthat normally protect the voice box can't close." During a half-hour surgical procedure using local anesthesia, physiciansdrill a small hole in the side of the neck, creating about an inch-size openingin the ...New Biomaterial Has 'Star' Power
...ork in the body to move these substances away from danger areas, such as the aorta. Peppas says another future use for star polymer gels might be to deliver high concentrations of cancer-fighting drugs to a tumor. "One could imprint a gel so that some of the arms recognize specific cancerous cells...Persistent Organic Pollutants, The Danger Is Not Over
... organic pollutants, e.g. PCBs and dioxins, the danger is far from over. The toxic substances are still present in the environment and in our bodies. Moreover, a number of similar pollutants have recently been discovered in the environment, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection...Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels Of Mercury
... avoid excessive mercury exposure,which would be a danger primarily for someone eating frequentmeals of fish...on couldingest each day before bumping up into the danger zone, and thenregulatory agencies issue advisories based on those numbers. Inthe past, using the WHO...Radio Controlled Aircraft To Sniff Out Biowar Bacteria
...t of Defense. To carry its sensor into the danger zone, the NRL researchers mounted itin a 19-kilogram radio-controlled aircraft with a wingspan of about 4 metres."They're remote controlled, like little toy planes," says Ligler. "They're cheapand they fly low, which is where you need to be." ...Inherited Depression Linked To Shortage Of Cells In Brain Region
..." he says. "In the case of cells, it minimizes the danger of doublecounting and other problems people have had in the past." The researchers were expecting to see a discrepancy in the number ofneurons. But to their surprise, there was instead a big difference in the numberof cells called glia. These...New Phylloxera Strain Poses Threat Primarily To Grape Nurseries
... rootstockroots." Walker believes the real danger is that the pest could spread through rootstocknurseries. Nurseries will have to spray several times per season to control thefoliar form if it spreads, although pesticides do not control it completely. Growers who have already switched from non-...Increasing Carbon Dioxide Threatens Tropical Coral Reefs
...owever, the authors predict that reefs in greatest danger are thosewhere the production and destruction of calcium carbonate are closelybalanced. These include some higher-latitude reefs, such as those offBermuda; those in areas where colder, deeper waters rise to the surface,such as those off the Galapagos...In Animal Groups, Scientists See Patterns That Could Predict The Future
...edges of the group might be devoured. But once the danger has passed, the groupreforms. With a computer model, scientists can change the intensity of predationto see at what level the school is slow to reform or doesn't get back togetherat all. Likewise, the models can assume conditions that don't yet exist...Botanical Products Act Like Estrogen In Animals, Finds University Of Pittsburgh Team
...evemenopausal symptoms but suggest their potential danger for women who should nottake estrogen. The scientists are reporting their findings April 11 at theannual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Philadelphia. "Of the plant products we examined, we found that vitex, dang gui, Amer...Researchers Find Unexpected Feature In Plankton Nervous System
...(Deeper dwelling copepods luminesce in response to danger and othercopepods move away from stimuli, though more slowly.) Team members include researchers Petra Lenz and Daniel Hartline, researcher andelectron microscope supervisor Tina (Weatherby) Carvalho and graduate studentApril Davis. It was Davis who f...Fishermen Are Killing Brown Pelicans With Kindness
...ies list.During the 1970s the brown pelican was in danger of extinction because ofmany years of poor reproduction rates resulting from exposure to DDT, anow-banned pesticide. Today, the coastal birds are common from Virginia south to Florida and fromSan Francisco south to Mexico, but during the summer can ...Some Atlantic Coast Beaches Are Shrinking While Florida's Beaches Better Off Than Most
...ad to knowmany of the state's shores are in little danger of washing away -- and someare even getting larger. Contrary to popular perception and the trend in most other states on theEast Coast, Florida's beaches generally are not falling victim to coastalerosion or steadily rising sea levels, a new ...