A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing
...e warm waters around India and some other areas of southern Asia. Although both are small, the danio is a giant among minnows, growing to a maximum of six inches. The zebrafish, in contrast, grows to about two inches. The zebrafish has been a staple of genetic research because it is easy to raise and maintai......e use of antibiotics. Fluoroquinolone treatment in southern Asia over two decades has resulted in the emergenc.... Investigations of a large strain collection from southern Asia revealed that many different genotypes independently acquired resistance to nalidixic acid, a q...Invasive ants territorial when neighbors are not kin
...ercolonies of Argentine ants are known to occur in southern California. The largest supercolony extends about...iologists think that the distinct supercolonies in southern California arose from separate introductions of the ants, possibly in the soil of plants used in lan...New highways carry pathogens and social change in Ecuador
... network built by the Ecuadorian government at the southern end of the Choc rainforest, near the Pacific Ocean and the border with Columbia. The roads bring new people to the villages, and allow the villagers to travel more easily between villages, and also back-and-forth to larger cities. But bacteria, viru......from devastating floods, The risk of flooding in southern Asia's low-lying, rice-growing regions will continue to increase as climate change leads to greater precipitation in this and many other regions. In Southeast Asia alone, annual flood-related losses surpass USD$1 billion, placing millions of lives a...LSU professor discovers new species
...m its closest cousin, a type of skink found in the southern Philippines, in several distinct ways: different color patterns; its structure, or morphology; differences in scale count, which is one of the basic ways scientists distinguish between species; and significant genetic variations. The...Project to intensify agricultural production in Great Lakes -- Africa's most impoverished region
...etches from the northern end of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika, and borders the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Soils are generally fertile, rainfall is abundant, and temperatures drop rapidly with increasing altitudes. Conservation International has named the Albertine Rift one of the...Case Western Reserve University biologists suspect lightning fires help preserve oak forests
... Appalachian forests of Adams and Pike Counties in southern Ohio. "The likelihood of lightning fires increas...pression, have changed oak-dominated ecosystems in southern Ohio and throughout the eastern US," reported Petersen. "As a result, there is a preponderance of sh...NASA data helps pinpoint wildfire threats
...ates. By studying shrublands prone to wildfire in southern California, scientists found that NASA earth observations accurately detected and mapped two key factors: plant moisture and fuel condition - or greenness - defined as the proportion of live to dead plant material. Moisture levels and fuel condition,...HYMS researchers focus on human evolution
...ysical differences between those from northern and southern Europe. Dr Bastir, who was based in the function... The analysis revealed northsouth variations, with southern European Neanderthals showing broader faces with increased lower facial heights. The research findin...Ossur hf. acquires the Gibaud Group in France
...ase Ossur's opportunities in Europe, especially in southern Europe. Key benefits of the acquisition of the Gibaud Group: Access to a strong brand in France dating back to 1890 Access to a strong sales network with comprehensive and nationwide coverage Entry into a new dynamic product segment: ph...Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales observed from Polarstern expedition
... ANT XXIII/8 is the seventh survey in a row in the southern Scotia Arc region. The survey contributes to the 'Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources' (CCAMLR). This organization is responsible for the conservation and rational use of all Antarctic marine resources with the excepti...How trees manage water in arid environments
...y summer period without any rain is very common in southern Arizona, the mountain forest must have evolved the capability to survive it. The rapid recovery of this forest when heavy rains begin confirms the tight coupling between the trees and the available soil moisture." In short, winter has a significant...Soil nutrients shape tropical forests, large-scale study indicates
...nama and eastern Ecuador, and a mountain forest in southern Colombia. The researchers plotted every tree and mapped the distribution of soil nutrients on a total of 100 hectares (247 acres) at the sites. The study included 1,400 tree species and more than 500,000 trees. The researchers compared distribution ...Putting a face on the earliest modern Europeans
...d temporarily into extreme southwest Asia and into southern Africa, and then through northern Africa into Europe around 40,000 years ago. This skull is from the first 5,000 years of the apparent occupation of Europe by modern humans. The cranium has no expressly Neandertal traits, those of its immediate pre...Recently discovered species gain protection
...ng the black tinamou (known from one other site in southern Colombia, and one in central Peru), sharpbill, Stiles' tapaculo, Parker's antbird, semi-collared hawk, red-bellied grackle, multicolored tanager, black-and-gold tanager, and a wintering population of the rapidly declining cerulean warbler a migrator...Fungal factories may save hemlock forests
...northward, it has moved through Massachusetts into southern Maine and New Hampshire. The only natural deterr...ugh not officially recorded yet, "it's probably in southern Vermont now at population levels too low to easily detect," say Costa, who anticipates that the adel...Firewood unintentionally transports emerald ash borer
...ations. Today the insect is commonly found in the southern half of Michigan with scattered infestations in northern Michigan, an area in Canada just east of Detroit, northwestern and several other locations in Ohio, northeastern Indiana and just north of Indianapolis, and in 2006 Illinois infestations were f...Out of Africa -- bacteria, as well
...ri population spread through limited localities in southern Africa, West Africa, Northeast Africa, India and East Asia. The genes of bacteria isolated in Europe, for instance, reveal influences from Central Asia - an indication that human immigrants came to Europe from Asia. ......o European contact and ranging from the Bahamas to southern Peru. The Smithsonian holds the most extensive reference collection of microscopic plant remains available to archaeologistsstarch, pollen grains and microfossils called phytoliths. The team of researchers adding to this collection discovered that...