and households of nomadic pastoralists provides some of the earliest concrete signs for east-west interaction in the vast expanse of Eurasian mountains and the first botanical evidence for farming among Bronze age nomads.
and collated with other data on GBIF and Encyclopedia of Life right on the day of publication through a specially designed format called Darwin Core Archive.
Writing in the journal Frontiers in Zoology today (Wednesday 26 march) the scientists trained a group of goats to retrieve food from a box using a linked sequence of steps;
environment on plant traitslet's say plant scientists want to develop new lines of corn that will better tolerate long stretches of hot dry weather.
But how can plant scientists get a true picture of a plant's growth and traits under a wide variety of controlled environmental conditions?
three doctoral students and four undergraduates who are all working to build a high-tech solution for plant scientists.
Plant scientists will fill the miniature greenhouses with clear vertical and disposable chips containing seeds that will grow into seedlings.
However new research from entomologists at the University of Maryland suggests that the traps may actually increase stink bug damage to tomatoes.
The research will appear in the April issue of Environmental Entomology. The researchers asked 15 gardeners to place stink bug traps at the ends of rows of tomatoes while another group of 14 placed no traps in their gardens.
The recent work is led by Phd student Philippa Gullett and Dr Karl Evans from Sheffield in collaboration with Rob Robinson from The british Trust for Ornithology.
Carrel's study entitled Red widow spiders prey extensively on scarab beetles endemic in Florida scrub appeared in the March issue of the Florida Entomologist.
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and their diseases and minimal human disturbance said Benjamin Wilder a Ph d. graduate student in UC Riverside's Department of Botany
Gil Bohrer Ph d. an assistant professor in the Civil Environmental & Geodetic Engineering department at The Ohio State university and colleagues led by Ellen Damschen Ph d. an assistant professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin wondered
#True value of cover crops to farmers, environmentplanting cover crops in rotation between cash crops--widely agreed to be ecologically beneficial--is even more valuable than previously thought according to a team of agronomists entomologists agroecologists horticulturists and biogeochemists from Penn State's College
The study in the forthcoming April issue of the journal Annals of Botany (published by Oxford university Press) set out to examine
They belong to several institutions such as the Autonomous University of Barcelona the University of Girona the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) the Natural history Museum
Dr. Gavin Svenson curator of invertebrate zoology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural history described the new species
and branches of trees said Svenson of The Cleveland Museum of Natural history. This violates the common perception of praying mantises being slow and methodical hunters.
The study was supported by National Natural science Foundation of China Hong kong Research Grants Council and National Basic Research Program of China.
Foster and Higham's findings were published March 12 in The british biology journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B a journal from the same publisher that featured papers by Isaac newton and Charles darwin.
#Lignin breakthroughs serve as GPS for plant researchresearchers at North carolina State university have developed the equivalent of GPS directions for future plant scientists to understand how plants adapt to the environment
I describe these findings as Mapquest for plant scientists says Vincent Chiang co-director of NC State's Forest Biotechnology Group the lead team for the project which involved scientists in the College of Natural resources College of Engineering
-Ching Chu entomology research associate Weilin Sun Illinois Natural history Survey insect behaviorist Joseph Spencer and U. of I. entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh.
because human activities are changing grasslands everywhere said study co-author Daniel S. Gruner associate professor of entomology at the University of Maryland.
to delay the evolution of resistance in an insect pest to a Bt cropâ#said Anthony Shelton a professor of entomology at Cornell University's New york state Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva N y
They indicate that this species has a structural memory is able to differentiate between inner and outer conditions as well as anticipate future risks scientists write in the journal American Naturalist.
#Entomologists update definitions to tackle resistance to biotech crops, pesticidesresistance to pesticides has now been recorded in nearly a thousand pest species including more than 500 insects 218 weeds and 190 fungi that attack plants.
To address this issue five entomologists from the University of Arizona and Michigan State university updated definitions for 50 key terms related to resistance in a new article in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
The lack of a modern glossary for resistance was brought recently to our attention by an initiative of the U s. Environmental protection agency (EPA) seeking input on definitions of terms about resistance said Dr. Mark Whalon one of the co-authors from Michigan State university
and head of the entomology department at the University of Arizona. Nearly five years later the resistance has spread
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In both experiments researchers used four diets in weanling pigs including a control diet and three additional diets that included garlic botanical extracted from garlic turmeric oleoresin extracted from ginger or capsicum
Dr. Devi Stuart-Fox and Jennifer Goode both of the Zoology Department at the University of Melbourne Australia attempted to determine what was more important in driving courtship:
and crop losses said Gary Felton professor and head of the Department of Entomology. Other than using synthetic pesticides there have been few alternative approaches to controlling these pests.
Professor Bruce Fitt professor of plant pathology at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Medical and Life sciences said:
The January paper was published by PLOS One and the February paper in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
and a new milestone in plant molecular biology and evolution as previous studies were either classical botany
Partial funding for this research was provided by the Iowa Agriculture and Home economics Experiment Station College of Agriculture and Life sciences at Iowa State university.
Plant and animal geometries have evolved more or less in parallel said UMD botanist Todd Cooke. The earliest plants and animals had simple
The tree's surface area and the volume of space it occupies are nearly the same said physicist Jayanth Banavar dean of the UMD College of Computer Mathematical and Natural sciences.
In Mississippi we've been evaluating seed treatments for about five years said Jeff Gore entomologist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and MSU Extension service.
and Massachusetts because of the Asian longhorned beetle said Kelli Hoover professor of entomology Penn State.
because these behaviors increase the likelihood that her eggs will be said fertile Melody Keena research entomologist U s. Department of agriculture Forest Service Northern Research Station.
The fieldwork and surveys in Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary by the team of Dutch and Thai botanists are part of ongoing research on the genomics systematics biogeography and evolution of tropical Asian Oaks
The research is published in the journal Herpetology. Dinets and his colleagues observed crocodilian species on three continents--Australia Africa and North america--and examined previous studies and anecdotal observations.
Dinets collaborated with Adam Britton from Charles darwin University in Australia and Matthew Shirley from the University of Florida.
We found that in wasps which are primitively social insects aggression genes control the establishment of an individual's dominance over a group said Christina Grozinger professor of entomology and director of the Center for Pollinator Research Penn State.
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College of Agriculture and Life sciences and the senior author of the study. He is also a faculty member at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute.
Dr Robin Allaby of the School of Life sciences at the University of Warwick who led the study said:
and was supported partialy by funding from School of Life sciences Undergraduate Research (SOLUR) ASU. She was joined by Biodesign researchers Natalie M. Mitchell Jacob T. Maddux
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In 2011 for the first time entomologists at the University of California Riverside released Tamarixia radiata a wasp that is the natural enemy of the ACP in a citrus grove in Riverside to help control the psyllid.
Study results appear in the February 2014 issue of the Journal of Economic Entomology. Safety testing in biological control is important as the release of natural enemies may pose some type of environmental risk.
These types of studies continue to advance the safety of biological control for suppressing populations of invasive pests thereby greatly reducing reliance on pesticides for control said Hoddle a biological control specialist in the Department of Entomology.
Its not over yetandrew Novakovic is a professor in Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life science's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
and curator of archaeobotany and South american archaeology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural history and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute who led the project.
As they formulate a new modern evolutionary synthesis in part with concepts that Darwin could not have known of evolutionary biologists continue to debate the importance of the environment and plasticity on evolutionary change and the origins of the diverse forms of life On earth today.
In an article in the February 2014 issue of Environmental Entomology called Using Resistant Prey Demonstrates that Bt Plants Producing Cry1ac Cry2ab
and many other crops said Dr. Anthony Shelton a professor of entomology at Cornell University
In a similar article appearing in the February 2014 issue of the Journal of Economic Entomology called Tri-Trophic Studies Using Cry1ac-Resistant Plutella xylostella Demonstrate No Adverse Effects of Cry1ac on the Entomopathogenic
which appears in the February 2014 issue of Environmental Entomology. The aims of the study were to compile a checklist of arthropods that occur on maize in South africa
The effects of auxins in plants was observed first by Darwin in 1881 and since then this hormone has been the focus of many studies.
This gene is critical in making the hind legs of workers distinct so they have the physical features necessary to carry pollen said Zachary Huang MSU entomologist.
We found that four of the pesticides most commonly found in beehives kill bee larvae said Jim Frazier professor of entomology Penn State.
According to Chris Mullin professor of entomology Penn State these pesticides may directly poison honeybee larvae
Other authors on the paper include Wanyi Zhu graduate research assistant in entomology Penn State and Daniel Schmehl postdoctoral associate in entomology and nematologyuniversity of Florida.
And the broad team of researchers--Pauli tapped entomologists limnologists and bacteriologists--found the algae in samples taken from the stomachs of three-toed sloths.
According to a recent article published in the American Journal of Botany scientists have identified a mechanism enabling a native tree species access to this limiting nutrient.
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'In the plant world close relatives make bad neighbours'said Dr Owen Lewis of Oxford university's Department of Zoology who led the study.'
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Natural history Collections that has discovered three new extinct fossil species of bigheaded flies. According to their research published recently by The Canadian Entomologist these fossils show their early evolution parallels an ecological revolution one that formed the character of our modern natural communities.
The three new species of fossil bigheaded flies are members of the living family Pipunculidae.
Scientists confirm the trade-off in a paper published in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
and pesticides'said Professor Fritz Vollrath of Oxford university's Department of Zoology who led the study.'
and policy said Doug Landis MSU entomologist and one of the paper's lead authors.
and lose competitive advantage to more resilient invasive shrubs such as Japanese barberry according to a study published in the new edition of New Phytologist.
But 52 million years ago the giant coniferous evergreen tree known to botanists as Agathis thrived in the Patagonian region of Argentina according to an international team of paleobotanists who have found numerous fossilized remains there.
The researchers report in the current issue of American Journal of Botany that Agathis was a dominant keystone element of the Patagonian Eocene floras alongside numerous other plant taxa that still associate with it in Australasia and Southeast asia.
This work was done in collaboration with Dr. Virani of The Peregrine Fund Dr. Hopcraft of Frankfurt Zoological Society Dr. Bildstein of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and Dr. Rubenstein of Princeton university.
The bigger the tree the more carbon it stores and a study in New Phytologist explores global variance in tree height identifying temperature as the most important factor behind the tallest species. Height gives canopy trees the focus
Entomologists at the University of California Riverside have developed now a pheromone-assisted technique as an economically viable approach to maximize the efficacy of conventional sprays targeting the invasive Argentine ant.
Study results appeared Dec 23 2013 in the online fast track edition of the Journal of Economic Entomology.
Our experiments with fipronil and bifenthrin sprays indicate that the overall kill of these insecticides on Argentine ant colonies is improved substantially--by 57 to 142 percent--by incorporating (Z)- 9-hexadecenal in the sprays said Dong-Hwan Choe an assistant professor of entomology
and the research project leader whose lab focuses on urban entomology insect behavior and chemical ecology.
Researchers from Oregon State university and Germany published their findings on the fossils in the Journal of the Botanical Institute of Texas. The flowers themselves are in remarkable condition as are many such plants
Carla Dove using a comparison microscope to study feather structure in the Birds Division at the Museum of Natural history.
I visited the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural history, Dr. Carla Dove pulled out a stack of manila folders thicker than a phone book,
The Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center was created this summer through a partnership between the Riverpark restaurant and the Alexandria Center for Life science â New york city.
Within the park, you'll find a zoo, lakes, botanic gardens, ice-skating rinks, concert venues--and priceless views of the surrounding skyscrapers.
Venture into another borough to uncover the beauty of Brooklyn's Prospect Park and Brooklyn Botanic Gardens or the stunning Pelham Bay Park in The bronx.
The nearby Botanischer Garten (Botanic Garden) features 54 acres and 15,000 varieties of flora. Further away from the city center
000 acres and has a Japanese Tea garden, the Conservatory of Flowers, world-class museums, botanic gardens, and more.
Throughout the year. 8. Melbourne, Australia Visit the Royal Botanic Gardens for its 12,000-plus species of plants, trees and flowers, the romantic Treasury Gardens, the greenhouses of the Fitzroy Gardens
This movement in search of biomimetic architecture has forged increasingly unlikely alliances between synthetic biologists, botanists and other scientists with artists,
Collaborations between designers and botanists are finding pragmatic ways to blur the line between manmade construction and nature.
In San francisco, one of the most densely populated places in the U s.,the Italian architect Renzo Piano worked with local botanists to create a new kind of living roof at the California Academy of Sciences
Vijayan, one of India's prominent ornithologists, said that India's present legislation, Biodiversity Act 2002, didn't provide enough protection to communities against exploitative agencies within India as well as multinationals.
the Natural history Museum was in a position to take a lead. In the previous year it had help lead a partnership of diverse organizations to celebrate Darwin s ideas and theory of evolution for the bicentenary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of Origin of Species in 2009.
Darwin s work lies at the heart of our modern understanding of ecology and biodiversity,
and having built this partnership to celebrate the past achievement of Darwin s Origin of Species it planned to look towards the Future of Species in the light of the political importance of 2010.
By expanding the partnership, refocusing it on the current issues of biodiversity loss, more than 380 partners in the UK are now collaborating to raise awareness of the issue, working through a joint,
The fact that the partnership expanded from 140 organizations in the Darwin year to three times that number in 2010 is a positive indicator of the scale of interest and concern.
when she joined the American Museum of Natural history Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Today, Sterling discusses the loss of biodiversity.
a center within the University of Colorado Boulder, specializes in conducting microgravity life science research and designs and develops space flight hardware.
and thats what actually holds the life science experiments, while the CGBA provides the appropriate environment.
CGBA loaded with life science hardware in preparation for launch What does the end of the Space shuttle era mean for you guys?
I guess I would just like to see the life science experiments in space continue. Now that the shuttle is retired, its hard for the life sciences.
The model is that we send our experiments to space and then bring those samples back
The Frozen Ark Project, established by the Zoological Society of London, the Natural history Museum and University of Nottingham, is a consortium of 18 institutions from around the world with similar aims.
And Plantlab, in partnership with another research firm, Imtech, claims the lights stimulate an impressive botanical dance as they nurture two-to-three times the growth compared to greenhouses.
Animal scientist Van Eenennaam says the market indeed is the best predictor of what the public wants
But botanists at Purdue University hope their research, published in the journal Plant Cell, might eventually improve cleanup strategies, via genetic modification.
In fact, the botanists speculate that one possible explanation for the fern's arsenic storage ability is to discourage animals from dining on fern salad.
Leafsnap combines biometrics and botany for electronic field guidewashington--This week behind the Smithsonian Castle, a research botanist and two computer science professors unveiled Leafsnap, a free plant identification
said John Kress, a research botanist at the Smithsonian s National Museum of Natural history. Now we have a scientific tool for botanists as well as the public.
We did this so people could know what they re looking at but also so they could think about conserving it.
Well, ever since the days of Charles darwin and Thomas Huxley, it's been appreciated, first based on anatomy and later of course on genetics, independently on genetics,
The issue for Darwin was the lack of a fossil record, and in fact, he devoted an entire chapter in his book, On the Origin of Species, to imperfections in the geological record in general.
as it was for Darwin. We just had a lack of fossils. What we found in Ethiopia at 4. 4 million years ago is the closest we've ever come to that ancestor along our own line-unfortunately
to see what we would find because ever since Darwin, people have assumed sort of that modern chimpanzees haven't evolved very much,
The negative team (animals should be on the menu) was made up of agriculture lecturer and pig farmer Fiona Chambers, animal scientist Bruce Mcgregor,
and tons of research--Victoria Bergsagel from Architects of Achievement covered them last week at the What Matters and What Counts in Education breakfast at the Denver Botanic Gardens:
Poet announced today it has established a joint venture with life sciences company  Royal DSM to commercially demonstrate
and is teaching aquaponics at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She said she has done market research that suggests the technology may appeal to a half dozen consumer types,
In 1952 The british Nobel zoologist Peter Medawar proposed that aging is the simple result of the failure of natural selection to maintain fitness in older animals with declining fertility.
a Chicago Botanic Garden-led urban agriculture training program targeted to underserved local youths. At the helm of Farmedhere is CEO Jolanta Hardej,
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