Scientists lift malaria's cloak of invisibility
...fever, headaches, nausea, and chills. "It's like a leopard being able to change its spots," Cowman said. "New forms come up, and the immune system beats them down again. Because of this a lot of people think you need five years of constant exposure to malaria in its different disguises to gain immunity." Ma...Pesticide combinations imperil frogs, probably contribute to amphibian decline
...r billion (ppb) to 10 or more ppb. Native northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) raised in water with only one of these nine pesticides at 0.1 ppb appeared normal, though the fungicide propiconazole caused a small but significant increase in the time it took tadpoles to start metamorphosis. The insecticide te...Afghanistan to protect wildlife and wild lands
...irst to intensively study species such as the snow leopard and the Marco Polo sheep in the 1970s, and in recent years he has continued to perform some of the only wildlife surveys in the high Pamirs of China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Dr. Schaller's years of dedicated research has also led to the project's...Discovery of genetic mutation in Florida beach mice suggests extinct mammoth had light and dark fur
...ding how color patterns, such as zebra stripes and leopard spots, are generated in animals. And it raises the possibility that other vertebrates, such as mammoths, also evolved similar color variations using the same genetic mutation. In a companion paper published in the same issue of Science, researcher...Predators prefer to hunt small-brained prey
... and South America such as the jaguar, chimpanzee, leopard and puma. Dr Shultz found that prey with a small brain such as small antelope, mongooses and the red river hog were more susceptible to attacks by predators compared with larger-brained prey. The report showed a strong correlation between the brain s...First Far Eastern leopard captured in southeast Russia by international team
...an tiger had been caught days earlier. Before the leopard was released, a team of scientists from WCS, Insti...e wild, all in Southwest Primorye, the Far Eastern leopard is far more endangered than the tiger, and hence concerns about the genetic status of this animal ar...Lifting Chinese tiger trade ban a death sentence for wild tigers say WWF and TRAFFIC
...f Tibetans in major towns claiming to own tiger or leopard skin garments even though they knew it was illegal. "In the early 1990s, we feared that Chinese demand for tiger parts would drive the tiger to extinction by the new millennium. The tiger survives today thanks in large part to China's prompt, stri...New species declared: Clouded leopard on Borneo and Sumatra
...GTON - Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an e... shows that the difference between the two clouded leopard species is comparable to the differences between other large cat species like lions, tigers, and jag...Amur leopard still on the brink of extinction, scientists say
...rld's most endangered cat, the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), shows that as few as... Science, conducted a routine snow-track census of leopard numbers. "The recent census confirmed once again that the Amur leopard survives on very shaky grou...Update on census of wrld's most endangered cat -- female Amur leopard found dead
...ment that only 25 to 34 of the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) remain in the wild, W...e number must now be revised because a female Amur leopard was killed. Anonymous tips led officers of two leopard anti-poaching squads to the body of the le...The new wildlife refuge -- Golf courses?
...to monitor populations of American toads, southern leopard frogs and spotted salamanders. They found that the American toads, southern leopard frogs and spotted salamanders survived better in the golf course ponds than in the control ponds, pr...Interaction of just 2 genes governs coloration patterns in mice
...on in color patterns among organisms, ranging from leopard spots to zebra stripes, that help individuals survive," says Steiner, a postdoctoral researcher in UCSD's Division of Biological Sciences. "However, we know surprisingly little about how these adaptive color patterns are generated. In this paper, we ...