Genetics of bird song
Brian Wallheimer's article "Some birds listen, instead of look, for mates"Wallheimer, Brian. "Some birds listen, instead of look, for mates." Purdue News Service. Purdue University, 2 Dec. 2010. Web....
Arsenic based life forms
Remember the murder mystery "Arsenic and old lace" , where a couple of old ladies did away with guests using arsenic poisoning? Researchers in California have found a life form that uses arsenic in place...
Biodiversity & food webs
A very interesting article, "Study: Ecological effects of biodiversity loss underestimated" Boyd, Jade. "Rice University | News & Media." Rice University | News & Media. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. ....
Coral reef die-off
"A massive coral bleaching event in Southeast Asian reefs in the Indian and Pacific oceans is the worst coral die-off since 1998, and possibly the worst science has ever observed, says Andrew Baird of...
When the "cat" is away
This article, by George Foulsham in Futurity.com, could be read in connection with Communities & ecosystems for Food chains & webs as well as with Populations for factors that influence population growth;...
Asthma Factor
How air pollution is involved in the immune response in the lungs is the focus in this study in California. "While air pollution is known to be a source of immediate inflammation, a new study provides...
Human Height Genes
An international group of hundreds of researchers who had previously been competing in genetic research have combined their efforts to look at how human height is controlled by "hundreds" of genes. In...
IVF Nobel Prize 2010
Robert G Edwards has received the Nobel Prize for Medicine this year. His work began in the 1950's and the climax came in July 1978 with the first test tube baby, Louise Brown. She has since had a child...
Ocean Trophic Levels
Given the choice of blubber or muscle, what do you think they would choose? The article "Jaws Exposed" in the Daily Mail Online about great white sharks feeding on a whale carcass provides many links...
Oktoberfest bacteria
I live just outside of Munich and this is the season of Oktoberfest, the world renowned festival, even though most of the festival is in September! Germans call it the largest Folk Festival in the...