Green sturgeon receives 'threatened' status
... which are highly migratory and thus vulnerable to threats in Oregon and Washington coastal waters, and even ...ial and recreational fisheries are just one of the threats now faced by green sturgeon. Factors such as loss of suitable habitat, decreased water quality, and ...Science Conference 'Innovations in Bioscience for Animal and Human Health'
...chnologies: new solutions to existing and emerging threats to healthy living", will present Plant-Cell-Based technologies and explain what has been achieved to date with an example of the recent first regulatory license for a plant-cell-produced vaccine. The seminar will also focus on R&D collaboration avail...Living Oceans Foundation leads Red Sea expedition
...ch in just three weeks. The research will focus on threats to coral health such as global climate change, ecotourism, over-fishing, pollution and development. "This will be some of the most advanced coral reef environment research, with the fastest turnaround and major international impact, to date," said Ph...High school students embark on Red Sea adventure
...eir awareness of the importance of coral reefs and threats to the long-term survival of the rainforests of th...Red Sea expedition, beginning May 3, will focus on threats to coral health such as global climate change, ecotourism, over-fishing, pollution and development. ...Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel
...uter model which in time will pinpoint the biggest threats to the rare Mount Graham Red Squirrel. Details of...d squirrel, one of the Mount Graham red squirrel's threats is an introduced species of squirrel. The Abert's tree squirrel likes to eat similar types of food t...Fire ants: Their true story told by the scientist who loves them
...rmites, ticks, weevils, mosquitoes and other major threats to Southern plants, property and people. Like a sort of subterranean family album, "The Fire Ants" details emigration, growth, struggle, development and death in a complex nest of interdependent relationships marked by cooperation, competition and co...Learning the lessons of the world's oldest ecological experiment
...t conventional field trials probably underestimate threats to plant biodiversity from long term changes, such as soil acidification, shown how plant species richness, biomass and pH are related, has demonstrated that competition between plants can make the effects of climatic variation on communities mo...New potential drug target in tuberculosis
Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest threats to public health. Every year two million people die of the disease, which is caused by the microorganism Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Roughly one third of the world's population is infected and more and more bacterial strains have developed resistanc...Biological diversity and human health; Rapid autopsy program; Snake bites and more
...e dynamics of species interactions, as significant threats to human health may currently be buffered by the presence of a diversity of other species." Citation: Dobson A, Cattadori I, Holt R, Ostfeld RS, Keesing F, et al. (2006) Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: The importance of biological diversity...US gov't approves multi-million $ wild bird avian flu surveillance network
... network can become a great bulwark against global threats to public health." The funds for the new initiative were created when the President signed into law the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Pandemic Influenza (attached to the Defense Appropriations Act), which was passed by Congress in late D...Coral death results from bacteria fed by algae
...l reefs have always recovered. But now, because of threats such as global warming and pollution, the reefs ar...er than we thought and there are invisible, lethal threats that we induce." Co-author Stuart Sandin, a postdoctoral researcher in Sala's group, said, "This res...WWF captures first-ever photo of wild rhino on Borneo
...ow be extinct on the rest of the island. The main threats to the last rhinos in Sabah are poaching its horn and virtually all of its body parts are valuable on the black market and loss of its forested habitat due to conversion of the land to other uses. WWF is working with the Sabah Foundation and the Sa...Cracking a virus protection shield
Ebola, measles and rabies are serious threats to public health in developing countries. Despite different symptoms all of the diseases are caused by the same class of viruses that unlike most other living beings carry their genetic information on a single RNA molecule instead of a double strand ...Science offers 'state of the planet 2006-2007' to explore global challenges
...ws: diminishing biodiversity, declining fisheries, threats to the quality of our air and water, climate chang...ssible scientific assessments of the environmental threats confronting Earth. "Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007" [Island Press, June 2006, 201p...Scientists to employ Arctic ice and polar bears to protect diversity of world's crops
...vely modest sums, the Trust is fending off serious threats to food security. Wheat: The salvage effort com...any, and is one of the most economically important threats to apple trees in central and southern Europe. In addition, many beloved apple varieties are suscept...World's coral reefs left vulnerable by paper parks
...esses protection afforded to coral reefs from such threats as resource extraction, poaching, pollution, coastal development and overfishing. It also took account of such factors as MPA size and distances to neighboring protected areas. "Although coral reefs are declining worldwide, actions to reverse such...World's coral reef left vulnerable by paper parks
...revention of poaching, incidence of external human threats such as pollution, coastal development and overfishing, MPAs size and MPA distance to neighbor protected areas. "Although coral reefs are declining worldwide, actions to reverse such a crisis are woefully inadequate in most countries," says Dr. Cam...Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis
... policies alone are insufficient to address global threats that cross boundaries of reserves and nations, the scientists said in their report....Gorilla susceptibility to Ebola virus: the cost of sociality
.... In fact, Ebola virus has become one of the major threats to the survival of western lowland gorillas (Goril... their range, especially against the other primary threats to their survival: poaching and logging. ...American Chemical Society national meeting: San Francisco, Sept. 10-14
...sine in which scientists team with chefs Health threats from mycotoxins and allergens in food Nuclear forensic science and its role in detecting and tracking illicit nuclear material The next generation of solar cells and other renewable sources of energy. New findings on Hurricane Katrina's envi...