Vasconcelos: ‘Não adianta uma cidade ir bem (em programas de vacinação e controle dos vetores) se a vizinha não vai. Mosquitos e vírus ignoram fronteiras’ Foto: Guito Moreto/10-11-16 ‘Os vírus …
A wetland forest in Tupana, Brazil. Amauri Aguiar/Flickr Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane Recent research is showing that trees, especially in tropical wetlands, …
A Mexican scientist inspects a field of olotón maize near Oaxaca, Mexico. Allen Van Deynze/UC Davis Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant? A nitrogen-fixing maize grown …
Guzmania conglomerata var pyrrosia – New species
Why the extinction of nearly 600 plant species in 250 years is a big deal Mary Jo DiLonardo Photo: Rebecca Cairns-Wicks Many people can name a bird or a mammal …
New climate ‘stripes’ reveal how much hotter your hometown has gotten in the past century By Eli Kintisch A social media campaign called #ShowYourStripes is flooding the climate science community …
7 creative techniques to keep coral reefs alive Since the threats to coral reefs vary depending on location, scientists are customizing solutions to help them survive. Starre Vartan Coral is …
Exclusive: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it.’ Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish stuns biologists By Katie Langin Anglerfish, with their menacing gape and dangling lure, are among the most curious …
Monarch butterflies raised in captivity don’t migrate By Elizabeth Pennisi In what may be a cautionary tale for citizen scientists trying to save North America’s iconic monarch butterfly, new …