MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'BioScience Features' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5673797&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fu_b4oC_TM9Q%2Ffull Researchers in the biological and chemical sciences are undertaking cutting-edge experiments aimed at inventing new sources of renewable energy, and these efforts are receiving a significant boost from the federal government. The Advanced Research Project Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) of the US Department of Energy funds future-oriented, high-risk energy-research ventures that have the potential to transfigure the energy sector. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5673797 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5673797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5603828&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FLT6eMO0RtKc%2Ffull Despite the importance of climate change, and the mountains of scientific research about it, real progress by those with the means to address the topic has been slow in coming. There are scant signs of leadership from federal officials, and there is active opposition to any climate action among some national legislators. So the search for leadership has turned elsewhere—to local, state, and regional governments and private organizations. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5603828 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5603828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512259&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fe4hGKxagNNo%2Ffull As need grows, numbers and training are failing to keep up. The issue is that even though our rapidly changing world makes the identification of species increasingly important for biodiversity science—and increasingly relevant to the very future of humankind—the field of taxonomy is underfunded and underappreciated. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512259 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5512259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5404672&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FhT9Da4mFEos%2Ffull The Mau Forest is the largest montane forest in East Africa. With Kenya's highest levels of rainfall, the Mau is also the country's largest water catchment. Rainwater percolates through the dense canopy into the soil and ultimately into the seeps and springs that form the Nyangores and Amala Rivers. These trees are being harvested for timber, however, baring the Enapuiyapui Swamp, at the forest's center, to the intense equatorial sun. A changing climate and less dependable rainfall have further depleted the swamp's waters. Can ecohydrology rescue a key East African ecosystem? Ecohydrology's fundamental concept is that the availability of freshwater is intricately linked to ecosystem processes. That is especially true in arid, semiarid, or subhumid places. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5404672 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5404672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5310605&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FZOMPpU8UNH0%2Ffull Botanical gardens, those islands of serenity amid society's increasing din, were defined early on as places "open to the public and in which the plants are labeled." Today, the purpose of these gardens has greatly expanded to include rescuing plant biodiversity, offering serious programs of research and education to citizens of all ages and instruction for skilled botanists, creating aesthetically pleasing refuges from modern life, and maintaining storage centers both on-site and offsite for the long-term preservation of plant species against the time when they will have vanished from their usual habitats. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5310605 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5310605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204001&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FIboK7DFoUvM%2Ffull The federal government is taking significant steps to accelerate the pace of making US science collections publicly available online through digitization, including both collection data and images for each specimen. Advances in technology is putting this massive undertaking within reach. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204001 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5204001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5102700&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FRfc21vz-2Ao%2Ffull Experience and social environment have a role—probably a key role—in development. Epigenetics may function in important ways during early development and in response to a variety of environmental triggers. Some of the mechanisms thought to be involved are DNA methylation, DNA packaging by histones, and histone modifications. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5102700 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5102700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5017721&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FpvO6ay2wmKI%2Ffull Conservation projects multitask in conflict zones, blending development and conservation goals. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5017721 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5017721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4910275&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fy2TEQ4CwcLE%2Ffull If the barriers to women in science are crumbling, where are all the female professors? (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4910275 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4910275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4801568&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FKKBU9tn65eg%2Ffull Landing a job through networking is more than talking science over cocktails. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4801568 Tue, 03 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4801568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4713967&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FbHR-G1_FI0o%2Ffull Trying to tally ecosystem damage that doesn't immediately affect what humans buy, consume, or earn from directly sends economists and ecologists down a labyrinth. What's the price tag for a brown pelican, sea turtle, reef, marsh, or mangrove, or for the ecological resilience of the Gulf as a whole? But the federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment process is intended to look past the difficult question of dollar valuation of nature, at least initially, to calculate the costs of restoration instead. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4713967 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4713967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4574623&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FqtMT322QEhY%2Fbio.2011.61.3.3 The World Bank decided to further scientific understanding of Amazon dieback and produce a paper that would also inform decisionmakers. On 7 December 2010, it officially presented its landmark report, which appraises the risk that climate change poses to the world's great tropical rainforest, carbon sink, and biodiversity repository. The report describes dieback as "the process by which the Amazon basin loses biomass density as a consequence of changes in climate" and characterizes dieback as a reduction in biomass carbon of 25 percent or more. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4574623 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4574623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4476925&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F4WR1FqQwDTM%2Fbio.2011.61.1.5 At one time, a postdoc fellowship allowed promising young scholars a brief interlude of pure research between graduate school and a professorship. Now, especially in biology and biomedical research, a postdoc is practically a prerequisite for getting a faculty job. Historically, however, postdocs have emerged into the job market lacking many of the leadership and managerial skills necessary to be successful faculty members. Growing resources help postdocs move successfully into faculty positions. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4476925 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4476925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4476924&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FSx6PWBvWz-U%2Fbio.2011.61.2.3 The Bering Sea yields half of the commercial seafood caught in the United States annually. With the planet warming, scientists are rushing to understand this commercially important Bering Sea ecosystem so they can predict what may happen in the future. From albatross to zooplankton, the multidisciplinary Bering Sea Project explores how climate change is affecting this important ecosystem. A partnership between the National Science Foundation and the North Pacific Research Board, since 2007 the Bering Sea Project has funded 100 principal investigators on 43 projects to study how climate affects everything from birds in the air to critters on the seafloor, and, of course, fishes in the sea. The project involves not just biologists but also marine chemists, economists, social scientists, and ... BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4476924 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4476924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322017&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fki0veSwnMd8%2Fbio.2010.60.11.3 Central Asia's "extinct" Caspian tiger and Russia's Amur (Siberian) tiger have a past—and perhaps a future—in common. In 2010, the Chinese Year of the Tiger, Carlos Driscoll (a biologist at the US National Cancer Institute's Laboratory of Genomic Diversity in Frederick, Maryland) and others have been working to bring back the Caspian tiger. The outcome lies in a tale of two tigers that are in fact one; a tale of two ecosystems, the tugai of Central Asia and the taiga of the Russian Far East; and ultimately a tale of Panthera tigris and Homo sapiens. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322017 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4322017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4232619&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fu4z8-c84JHw%2Fbio.2010.60.10.3 Catch share systems may be an improvement over traditional fisheries management, but there are problems. This new approach to fisheries management is used increasingly in the United States and around the world. It's clear that catch shares can end the dangerous and wasteful race to fish, but the idea remains controversial. Fishers working in small, mom-and-pop operations fear that catch shares will push them out of business. Proponents depict catch shares as a superpolicy, able to halt overfishing, revitalize coastal communities, and restore depleted fish stocks in a single bound. But critics say nothing is that simple. While catch share systems have important economic benefits, they can also carry real problems, and their biological impacts remain unknown. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4232619 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4232619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4081278&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FDBcSlOs6Yu0%2Fbio.2010.60.9.3 Did life begin in heat or cold, in a reducing or oxidizing atmosphere, at the ocean surface or in the deepest sea, with a membrane-enclosed genetic molecule or as a flat collection of chemical reactions on a rock? How nonliving chemicals transformed into living molecules is one of the biggest mysteries in science, and we might never know for sure how it happened. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4081278 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4081278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3968522&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FwXgciUFvBqc%2Fbio.2010.60.8.3 Three decades out, the pulse of research quickens at Mount St. Helens (MSH) National Volcanic Monument. The eruption in 1980 resulted in "a grand experiment that you could never have gotten anybody to fund," says Forest Service ecologist Charles Crisafulli. Unlike most misbehaving volcanoes, this one provided an accessible laboratory right along the Interstate 5 corridor, with the research infrastructure of major universities nearby. Mount St. Helens has helped revise one of ecology's oldest preoccupations: trying to recapitulate the story of how communities of plants and animals assemble themselves over time--how one suite of species succeeds another. Statistical analyses find that environmental factors such as soils, temperatures, moisture, and elevation do not predict succession, especi... BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3968522 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3968522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740101&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FIJdkGJ4zDz4%2Fbio.2010.60.7.3 Advances in microscopy and other imaging technologies allow scientists to study the contents of fossilized eggs. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740101 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3740101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3628937&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FmBgOV1mh3Ng%2Fbio.2010.60.6.3 Global efforts to protect marine genetic resources and high-seas biodiversity peak in 2010. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3628937 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3628937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590236&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2010.60.5.3 Channel Island foxes, long the top predator in their ecosystem, show little fear of humans. Wild foxes often accost visitors on San Nicolas, the island with the most abundant fox population in the island chain. Now, archaeologists have new evidence that suggests foxes were carried to the islands by indigenous people thousands of years ago, and that humans shaped the evolution of the entire species. Do species introduced by native people thousands of years ago deserve protection? (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590236 Mon, 03 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3590236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3502684&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2010.60.4.3 Of the world's current population of 6.8 billion, 5 billion are living at levels of poverty that deprive them of their basic needs, and more than 1 billion are going hungry. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3502684 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3502684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3502685&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2010.60.3.3 Phenology--the relationship between annual events (such as flowering, breeding, and migration) and climatic or seasonal changes--lends itself to the participation of citizen scientists. The modern term "citizen science" most likely dates back to the 1970s, but current technology makes participation faster and easier and has also greatly improved the process of converting citizen observations into usable data. Simple Web sites make it relatively easy to aggregate data, mine it for improbable or impossible anomalies, and collate it into raw data sets. Volunteers have documented seasonal events for more than a century--lay involvement in data gathering dates back at least to the late 1800's--and scientific studies are benefiting from the data. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3502685 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3502685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290475&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2010.60.2.3 Although hurdles remain, the recent thaw in US--Cuba relations has improved prospects for biological research and conservation in Cuba. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290475 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3290475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3184898&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2010.60.1.3 Pikas are unique among alpine mammals in that they gather up vegetation throughout summer--including flowers, grasses, leaves, evergreen needles, and even pine cones--and live off the hay pile throughout winter, rather than hibernating or moving downslope. But increasingly warm temperatures may drive them to the brink: the high-energy mammals can overheat and die at temperatures as mild as 25 degrees Celsius if they can't regulate their body temperature by moving into the cooler microclimate under the talus. And since they already live near the tops of mountains, when a particular talus field's microclimate becomes inhospitable, they simply have nowhere to go. Will the American pika become the first species in the lower 48 states to be listed under the Endangered Species Act owing to glob... BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3184898 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3184898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3128728&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2009.59.11.3 With the discovery that nearly all of the genome is transcribed, the definition of a "gene" needs another revision. In the past five years, numerous investigators using a variety of techniques have uncovered a cornucopia of ribonucleic acids (RNAs) that have excited great interest and called into question the way we think about "genes." Some RNAs, like micro-RNAs, regulate the expression of suites of genes. Some appear to influence the state of chromatin. Others may simply be the product of transcriptional noise--which may or may not play a role in keeping genes "readable." All lead us from our traditional genes-encode-proteins formulation of genome function. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3128728 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3128728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3128729&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaliber.ucpress.net%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2009.59.10.3 Gii-wen (Ojibwe for "so the story is told"), moose once vanished from the land. According to Ojibwe legend, an owl flew north and chanced upon the herd grazing on balsam fir trees. The moose were thriving, without humans. The Ojibwe, on the other hand, couldn't live without the moose. Whither go the moose, so go the Ojibwe, says Norman Deschampe, chairman of the Minnesota Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa/Ojibwe, Grand Portage Band. "Moose are at the center of our culture. Without them, we will cease to be Ojibwe. We've hunted moose since chemaywe'ya, the way-back time, for subsistence. One moose can feed a family for several seasons." Now, says Deschampe, the Grand Portage Band can't locate enough moose to fulfill its allotted hunting permits. "We need to find out why this is happening." (S... BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3128729 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3128729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2868495&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fw9TklgVyP68%2Fbio.2009.59.9.3 Understanding how epigenetics works at the molecular level can be mind-boggling. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2868495 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2868495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2845814&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2009.59.8.4 On May 18 and 19, more than 250 scientists, engineers, physicians, educators, and others came to the 59th annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS) in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss "Sustainable Agriculture: Greening the Global Food Supply." Plenary presentations, special guest speakers, workshops, discussion groups, and a poster session addressed topics such as the science and technology of biofuels; what the public learns from the media about sustainable agriculture; the agroecology of biofuels; the cultivation of agricultural landscapes for ecosystem services; the ABCs of agriculture, biodiversity, and climate change; connecting to the business side of science through the professional science master's degree; and the threat posed by scientific illiteracy. (S... BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2845814 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2845814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615255&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FARQTW6VugX0%2Fbio.2009.59.7.3 The discovery that sharks can reproduce asexually means that mammals are the only jawed vertebrate lineage incapable of parthenogenesis. But can this surprising capacity make any difference to shark survival as their populations decline? (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615255 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2615255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615254&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FvhP1eGXdNIc%2Fbio.2009.59.7.4 The grand endeavor to catalog and describe every species may be biology's unifying principle. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615254 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2615254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613414&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2009.59.7.3 The discovery that sharks can reproduce asexually means that mammals are the only jawed vertebrate lineage incapable of parthenogenesis. But can this surprising capacity make any difference to shark survival as their populations decline? (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613414 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2613414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613413&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1525%2Fbio.2009.59.7.4 The grand endeavor to catalog and describe every species may be biology's unifying principle. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613413 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2613413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2455992&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F24QDK8rzG-E%2Fbio.2009.59.6.3 Australian dingoes have long been hunted and poisoned, but they play an important role in maintaining native wildlife. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2455992 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2455992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386525&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FkJLeiWHT3VQ%2Fbio.2009.59.5.3 The evolution symposium series, in its fifth year, continues to be popular. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386525 Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2386525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2324454&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FZ_iNWFqF2zY%2Fbio.2009.59.4.3 Phylogeographers use molecular methods to map herpetological biodiversity in the heart of Dixie. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2324454 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2324454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258009&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fc3T49MOOXxQ%2Fbio.2009.59.3.3 Scientists reflect on what the recent change in US administration means. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258009 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2258009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239465&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FT6-TBHOLmMM%2Fbio.2009.59.2.3 Darwin's 200th birthday comes to a conflicted Galápagos with shorter horizons. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239465 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2239465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141112&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F525633156%2F Infectious diseases stalk wildlife in the Serengeti, and climate change may be an accessory. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141112 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2141112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039310&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F486559305%2F One of the world's richest deltas has been radically replumbed, its ecosystem is collapsing, and Californians are realizing their water supply is tapped out. Despite decades of efforts--and some positive trends--solutions may not be any closer. Downstream, the San Francisco Bay looks good by comparison. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039310 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2039310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933698&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F442354374%2F A slew of new reports calls for federal agencies to address climate change through adaptive management of public lands and waters. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933698 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1933698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933697&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F442354373%2F Governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academics are pumping out reports about the potential impacts of rising sea levels. Action plans are beyond the horizon, for now. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933697 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1933697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1847565&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F409397595%2F Conservation in the Florida Panhandle, one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in North America, improves through major restoration efforts and new partnerships. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1847565 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1847565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1847564&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F409397593%2F The American Institute of Biological Sciences dedicated this year's annual meeting to the challenge of Earth's changing climate and its effects on the environment, and the spread of infectious diseases. The conference, held in May in Arlington, Virginia, attracted more than 250 biologists, climatologists, and other scientists, as well as physicians and public health officials. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1847564 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1847564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613417&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580904 Conservation in the Florida Panhandle, one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in North America, improves through major restoration efforts and new partnerships. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613417 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613416&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580903 The American Institute of Biological Sciences dedicated this year's annual meeting to the challenge of Earth's changing climate and its effects on the environment, and the spread of infectious diseases. The conference, held in May in Arlington, Virginia, attracted more than 250 biologists, climatologists, and other scientists, as well as physicians and public health officials. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613416 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521837&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FlHZ5DOW5EQU%2F Conservation in the Florida Panhandle, one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in North America, improves through major restoration efforts and new partnerships. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521837 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521836&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FKWCx4Suy4ew%2F The American Institute of Biological Sciences dedicated this year's annual meeting to the challenge of Earth's changing climate and its effects on the environment, and the spread of infectious diseases. The conference, held in May in Arlington, Virginia, attracted more than 250 biologists, climatologists, and other scientists, as well as physicians and public health officials. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521836 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754247&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F381546247%2F Recent studies of emerging infectious diseases show most are zoonoses transmitted to humans from domesticated animals and wildlife. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754247 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1754247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754246&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F381546246%2F Representatives from 44 scientific societies and biology education organizations converged in Washington, DC, for the 2008 Biology Education Summit, co-organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754246 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1754246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613419&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580803 Recent studies of emerging infectious diseases show most are zoonoses transmitted to humans from domesticated animals and wildlife. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613419 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613418&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580804 Representatives from 44 scientific societies and biology education organizations converged in Washington, DC, for the 2008 Biology Education Summit, co-organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613418 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521839&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FWEzJtGcT8ec%2F Recent studies of emerging infectious diseases show most are zoonoses transmitted to humans from domesticated animals and wildlife. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521839 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521838&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FbS7bra8ehQ8%2F Representatives from 44 scientific societies and biology education organizations converged in Washington, DC, for the 2008 Biology Education Summit, co-organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521838 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660395&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F348586805%2F Wind farms are killing bats and birds by the thousands, although the causes of death are unknown. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660395 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1660395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660394&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F348586804%2F Nematodes are tiny, soil-dwelling animals that play a major role in Antarctic ecosystems. Identifying the genes involved in their responses to environmental changes, past and present, may contribute to understanding the carbon cycle. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660394 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1660394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613421&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580703 Wind farms are killing bats and birds by the thousands, although the causes of death are unknown. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613421 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613420&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Fperlserv%2F%3Frequest%3Dget-document%26doi%3D10.1641%252FB580704 Nematodes are tiny, soil-dwelling animals that play a major role in Antarctic ecosystems. Identifying the genes involved in their responses to environmental changes, past and present, may contribute to understanding the carbon cycle. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613420 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2613420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521841&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FmdcjrpuvhFs%2F Wind farms are killing bats and birds by the thousands, although the causes of death are unknown. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521841 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2521840&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FXaALdaUiFY0%2F Nematodes are tiny, soil-dwelling animals that play a major role in Antarctic ecosystems. Identifying the genes involved in their responses to environmental changes, past and present, may contribute to understanding the carbon cycle. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2521840 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2521840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1525484&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F313922217%2F The American Institute of Biological Sciences and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center convened their fourth annual evolution symposium at the 2007 National Association of Biology Teachers conference in Atlanta, Georgia. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1525484 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1525484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1491852&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F303941090%2F Advances in DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) technology over the past 25 years have led to spectacularly precise forensic identification techniques, although some applications have also unleashed controversies regarding genetic privacy. Current molecular forensic work is pushing these technologies even further by analyzing extremely damaged DNA and by introducing RNA (ribonucleic acid) techniques to forensics. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1491852 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1491852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1431839&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F287057876%2F The cause of colony collapse disorder remains unknown, although some possible explanations for the loss of honey bee colonies can be ruled out. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1431839 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1431839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1413309&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F281536946%2F Glass sponge reefs thought to be extinct are discovered to be thriving in ocean depths. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1413309 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1413309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298593&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F250404758%2F Collaborations between scientists and volunteers have the potential to broaden the scope of research and enhance the ability to collect scientific data. Interested members of the public may contribute valuable information as they learn about wildlife in their local communities. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298593 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1298593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298594&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F250404759%2F Ecologists are trying to determine how much of the carbon stored in permafrost may be released as temperatures warm and permafrost thaws. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298594 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1298594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1184468&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F224813347%2F The Green Revolution that brought advances in crop genetics to Asia and Latin America completely bypassed the African continent. Africa's smallholder farmers finally joined the movement in 2006, when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation joined the Rockefeller Foundation to create the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Its goal is to develop 100 new crop varieties in 5 years, so that within 20 years farmers will double or triple their yields. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1184468 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1184468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1118920&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F207072283%2F An emerging theoretical framework demystifies ecological tipping points and elucidates some long-standing environmental problems, providing a perspective that is both sobering and hopeful. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1118920 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1118920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1057035&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F192028366%2F Malaria kills about one million people each year, but efforts to destroy disease-carrying mosquitoes have succeeded only in breeding tougher bugs. Researchers have begun to look for ways to create malaria-resistant mosquitoes. One approach is to bioengineer transgenic mosquitoes that, when released into the wild, would lead to a new race of malaria-proof young. Another approach uses mosquitoes' natural resistance to Plasmodium infection. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1057035 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1057035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1004887&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F180114657%2F The 2007 AIBS annual meeting focused on the importance of evolutionary biology in many aspects of health science, such as understanding the human genome, the normal functions and malfunctions of human genes, and the origin and evolution of infectious diseases. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1004887 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1004887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=863594&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F155094362%2F Scientists can now visualize developmental gene expression quantitatively in three dimensions and at single-cell resolution. Recent advances in optical microscopy and fluorescent genetic tags allow imaging of gene expression in live animals, as well. Eventually, researchers hope to construct virtual atlases of animal development. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=863594 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 863594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=755503&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2F136920741%2Fi0006-3568-57-7-552.pdf Conventional wisdom has long held that tropical rainforests act as a sink for carbon dioxide, cleansing the atmosphere of a major greenhouse gas. However, biologists studying the forests of Costa Rica are finding that rising temperatures are casusing trees to grow less and to pump out more carbon dioxide, adding to an accelerating pattern of global warming. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=755503 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 755503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=671933&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioone.org%2Farchive%2F0006-3568%2F57%2F6%2Fpdf%2Fi0006-3568-57-6-472.pdf An energy–food–environment maelstrom, and a prairie plan (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=671933 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 671933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=595349&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000005%2Fart00004 Captive western lowland gorillas are susceptible to a heart condition known as fibrosing cardiomyopathy. Although the cause of the disease is unknown, the captive gorillas' diet may be a contributing factor. Aframomum melegueta, an herbaceous perennial plant that gorillas in the wild consume with gusto, contains substances with powerful anti-inflammatory properties that may protect gorillas' health. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=595349 Fri, 04 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 595349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=528623&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000004%2Fart00004 The Sonoran pronghorn, one of five pronghorn subspecies, may be the most endangered large mammal in the United States. Once ranging more widely, today they are found in the United States only on protected lands in southwestern Arizona. Captive breeding programs and desert enhancements are starting to revive Sonoran pronghorn numbers. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=528623 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 528623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=528622&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000004%2Fart00003 A global mass extinction of amphibians is well under way, driven both by habitat loss and by environmental changes. As amphibian communities in Central America are being decimated by chytrid disease, scientists are working to fashion an emergency response. They are also sending out an urgent warning about what the loss of these environmentally sensitive species may portend. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=528622 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 528622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751170&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FaTR6cXTAnjk%2Fexpand The Sonoran pronghorn, one of five pronghorn subspecies, may be the most endangered large mammal in the United States. Once ranging more widely, today they are found in the United States only on protected lands in southwestern Arizona. Captive breeding programs and desert enhancements are starting to revive Sonoran pronghorn numbers. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751170 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100 2751170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751169&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FF_jwMm9C7Jg%2Fexpand A global mass extinction of amphibians is well under way, driven both by habitat loss and by environmental changes. As amphibian communities in Central America are being decimated by chytrid disease, scientists are working to fashion an emergency response. They are also sending out an urgent warning about what the loss of these environmentally sensitive species may portend. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751169 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100 2751169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=455649&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000003%2Fart00004 Protecting areas to preserve biodiversity raises equity concerns for local and indigenous peoples. Conservationists and peoples' rights advocates are often at odds, whether miscommunicating or working in direct opposition. Policies for simultaneously safeguarding cultural and biological diversity can be achieved. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=455649 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 455649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=414565&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000002%2Fart00006 The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), in Durham, North Carolina, was established in December 2004 to foster synthetic, collaborative, cross-disciplinary studies in evolutionary biology. The center sponsors scientific catalysis meetings to stimulate new approaches to research and working groups for in-depth investigations of particular topics. NESCent also offers faculty sabbaticals and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as education and outreach opportunities. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=414565 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:00:00 +0100 414565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=388523&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2007%2F00000057%2F00000001%2Fart00003 New research is reviving interest in the work of Edward F. Ricketts, a maverick marine biologist immortalized in the writings of John Steinbeck, who foresaw the impacts of overfishing in the Pacific more than 75 years ago. Today his scientific... New research is reviving interest in the work of Edward F. Ricketts, a maverick marine biologist immortalized in the writings of John Steinbeck, who foresaw the impacts of overfishing in the Pacific more than 75 years ago. Today his scientific descendants are working to understand startling changes in the water he loved. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=388523 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 388523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=319537&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000012%2Fart00004 Conservationists have long proclaimed the economic value of biodiversity and the services it provides. The point may be proved in Madagascar, where a determined president and an international conservation coalition are struggling to transform a country noted for its past... Conservationists have long proclaimed the economic value of biodiversity and the services it provides. The point may be proved in Madagascar, where a determined president and an international conservation coalition are struggling to transform a country noted for its past environmental mismanagement into a new role model for green development. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=319537 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:47:02 +0100 319537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294788&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fcontent%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000007%2Fart00004 A new database about to be launched for zoos and aquariums will overhaul outdated record-keeping systems. Through the Zoological Information Management System, keepers, curators, and veterinarians will have access to integrated, up-to-date information about collections worldwide to track animals, diagnose... A new database about to be launched for zoos and aquariums will overhaul outdated record-keeping systems. Through the Zoological Information Management System, keepers, curators, and veterinarians will have access to integrated, up-to-date information about collections worldwide to track animals, diagnose diseases, and communicate treatments. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294788 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294787&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fcontent%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000007%2Fart00003 Discussions now under way will be influential in determining... At a meeting in Brazil in March, the Convention on Biological Diversity moved a step closer to finalizing an international regulatory regime for access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Discussions now under way will be influential in determining policies governing biodiversity research and bioprospecting. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294787 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294786&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000008%2Fart00005 Plankton are showing the effects of a warming climate as marine populations worldwide experience a regime shift caused by climate change. In northern oceans, biogeographical boundaries are shifting northward as warm-water species displace cold-water species, causing trophic cascades. Ocean acidification... Plankton are showing the effects of a warming climate as marine populations worldwide experience a regime shift caused by climate change. In northern oceans, biogeographical boundaries are shifting northward as warm-water species displace cold-water species, causing trophic cascades. Ocean acidification is accelerating and threatening the long-term survival of many marine species. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294786 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294785&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000009%2Fart00004 Zoos and animal welfare advocates differ over elephants in captivity. Critics say zoos lack space to house elephants. Zoos argue that they are expanding and improving exhibits, and that elephants live better in captivity than in the wild with disease,... Zoos and animal welfare advocates differ over elephants in captivity. Critics say zoos lack space to house elephants. Zoos argue that they are expanding and improving exhibits, and that elephants live better in captivity than in the wild with disease, drought, habitat loss, poaching, and conflicts with people. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294785 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294784&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000009%2Fart00005 Unchecked deer populations are causing a decline in forest diversity. Overbrowsing by deer leaves only the few plant species deer can't digest as survivors. Managing deer populations through revised hunting practices, however, meets strong resistance.... Unchecked deer populations are causing a decline in forest diversity. Overbrowsing by deer leaves only the few plant species deer can't digest as survivors. Managing deer populations through revised hunting practices, however, meets strong resistance. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294784 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294783&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000010%2Fart00004 In recent years, policymakers have recognized the economic values associated with biodiversity; economists have found ways to incorporate values associated with biodiversity into economic thinking; and scientists have documented the variety of services that diverse ecosystems provide. Those present at... In recent years, policymakers have recognized the economic values associated with biodiversity; economists have found ways to incorporate values associated with biodiversity into economic thinking; and scientists have documented the variety of services that diverse ecosystems provide. Those present at the 2006 AIBS annual meeting had the opportunity to explore the diverse linkages among these fields. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294783 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=294782&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ingentaconnect.com%2Fsearch%2Fexpand%3Fpub%3Dinfobike%3A%2F%2Faibs%2Fbio%2F2006%2F00000056%2F00000011%2Fart00004 Charged with describing the current state of the environment, scientists worldwide collaborated to produce the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In seven synthesis reports and other technical documents, the assessment summarizes the Earth's present condition and the impacts humans have on critical... Charged with describing the current state of the environment, scientists worldwide collaborated to produce the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In seven synthesis reports and other technical documents, the assessment summarizes the Earth's present condition and the impacts humans have on critical ecosystem services. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=294782 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:22:02 +0100 294782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003191&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2FVahvSBbNtHQ%2Fexpand In recent years, policymakers have recognized the economic values associated with biodiversity; economists have found ways to incorporate values associated with biodiversity into economic thinking; and scientists have documented the variety of services that diverse ecosystems provide. Those present at the 2006 AIBS annual meeting had the opportunity to explore the diverse linkages among these fields. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003191 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100 3003191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003192&cid=s_33960_62_f&fid=33960&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FBioScienceFeatures%2F%7E3%2Fwmmuk9Ib96c%2Fexpand Unchecked deer populations are causing a decline in forest diversity. Overbrowsing by deer leaves only the few plant species deer can't digest as survivors. Managing deer populations through revised hunting practices, however, meets strong resistance. (Source: BioScience Features) BioScience Features journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003192 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 3003192