Monthly Archives: February 2017

SciBites: Week of February 24th

February 24, 2017 0 Beth Jones

Humans, chickens and turkeys are main blood-meal sources for South American mosquitoes Researchers have used traps and DNA analysis of the main mosquito vector of malaria in Central and South America, Anopheles darlingi, to determine its blood-meal sources. They found…

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Hunting in the Himalayas: A predation analysis of snow leopards and wolves

February 22, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

Killing livestock creates conflict between top predators and communities that graze animals. This presents a major challenge for conserving snow leopards, which are endangered, and Himalayan wolves, which are rare. These wolves prefer the open grasslands and alpine meadows that…

New Research

Fly on the wall? Modern housing is associated with reduced malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa

February 21, 2017 0 Beth Jones

Around 90 percent of cases of malaria, a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes, occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Bed nets treated with insecticide are a well-known preventative measure and have been effective in reducing malaria prevalence in this region. However, mosquito…

News Summaries

SciBites: Week of February 17th

February 17, 2017 0 Beth Jones

Foot-and-mouth model predicts most efficient vaccination strategy During major foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks, one approach to limit viral transmission is to vaccinate at-risk livestock in a ring around infected premises. The size of the ring required depends on a range of…

New Research

New Croc on the Block: 3-D reconstruction of skull suggests a new species of ancient crocodile

February 15, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

The Langenberg Quarry in Germany has proven to be a rich source of marine-related fossils, including that of the recently discovered, small, crocodile-like atoposaurid species. The atoposaurid family comprises small-sized crocodiles with large eyes and short snouts that lived during…

News Summaries

SciBites: Week of February 10th

February 10, 2017 0 Beth Jones

HIV viral load is influenced by both virus and patient genetics HIV sufferers experience varying rates of disease progression, depending in part on their viral load — the amount of virus present in the body. Researchers collected patient and viral…

Video Highlights

Light It Up: Splitfin flashlight fish use bioluminescent light to detect and feed on planktonic prey

February 8, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

The splitfin flashlight fish, Anomalops katoptron, is one of many ocean-dwelling animals that produce their own bioluminescent light using symbiotic bacteria. The fish has light organs located under its eyes such that the light can be turned on and off…

News Summaries

SciBites: Week of February 3rd

February 3, 2017 0 Beth Jones

New scale predicts risk of dying from Ebola Ebola virus disease is notorious as one of the world’s deadliest infections, but in fact asymptomatic Ebola may be as common as fatal disease. A new scale can now help predict which…

New Research

Freshwater bacterium’s inner membranes have protein structures similar to nuclear pores of eukaryotes

February 2, 2017 0 Beth Jones

What makes us different from bacteria? On the cellular level, one of the main differences is that, while eukaryotic cells such as our own (and those of plants and other animals) are compartmentalized by internal membranes, bacteria have a single…

New Research

Shrimp trawlers may influence the social structure of dolphins

February 1, 2017 0 Robin Meadows

Bottlenose dolphins that live near people often beg for food, and begging rates are particularly high in the waters near Savannah, Georgia. Dolphins there also follow commercial shrimp trawlers, eating fish that are stuck in or stirred up by the…

Monthly Archives: February 2017

SciBites: Week of February 24th

Hunting in the Himalayas: A predation analysis of snow leopards and wolves

Fly on the wall? Modern housing is associated with reduced malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa

SciBites: Week of February 17th

New Croc on the Block: 3-D reconstruction of skull suggests a new species of ancient crocodile

SciBites: Week of February 10th

Light It Up: Splitfin flashlight fish use bioluminescent light to detect and feed on planktonic prey

SciBites: Week of February 3rd

Freshwater bacterium’s inner membranes have protein structures similar to nuclear pores of eukaryotes

Shrimp trawlers may influence the social structure of dolphins

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