SFSU Biologist Deciphers Desert Animals' Whistles And Drumbeats
...ng evidence that they are trying to communicate an urgent sense of danger to their vulnerable young. In addition, pups and other family members head for cover when they hear the faster whistles and the stomping, suggesting that these signals are perceived as signs of danger too. By contrast, kangaroo rats d...Top Scientists Challenge Others: Join Biodiversity Year
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...y that they represent a unique speciesindicates an urgent need to increase conservation management both on theIndonesian island of Sumatra, the only location where these tigers are found,and in zoos around the world. Traditionally, the tiger has been considered a single species with five livingsubspecies: ...Largest Generation Of Adolescents Faces Reproductive Health Risks
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...e nongovernmental organizations are calling for an urgent worldwidecampaign to raise the $100 million needed to prevent the imminent epidemic ofmultidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Russia. In our view, this localhumanitarian disaster is already a direct global public health threat. Drug-senstive TB ......t others, most of whom were also listed inthe most urgent status categories, had previously been exposed to the virus buthad not developed immunity.One patient received only HBIG therapy because in 1996, at the time of histransplant, lamivudine was not available for these patients. The patient, whohad not ...AAAS Announces The Winners Of Its Science Journalism Awards
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