although lemurs and humans aren't particularly closely related as far as primates go there is something in deep primate history that makes caves appealing possibly protection from predators said study researcher Michelle Sauther an anthropologist at the University of Colorado Boulder.
 The remarkable thing about our study was that over a six-year period the same troops of ring-tailed lemurs used the same sleeping caves on a regular daily basis Sauther said.
and the potential environmental risks of biotechnology holding a doctorate in molecular biology and a law degree.
Feed the world became a rallying cry for export-oriented agricultural policy. It still is despite the fact that almost 40 percent of U s. corn acreage is devoted to producing ethanol.)
But all of this construction takes energy and puts a female in danger of attack from predators.
and take more risks in caring for their young--such as entering nesting boxes when there was danger--than males at smaller nests
or those lacking the plants the study reported. As part of the study the team installed bird traps in blue tit nesting boxes a process that sometimes scared the birds away from home
s. Â The team is not certain how this difference in risk-taking actually helps the nestlings.
s believes in part that males who take more risks may be more willing to defend a nest against predators.
 The researchers combined their observations of eight different risk-taking behaviors into one measurement of a male s boldness.
s and his colleagues used the risk-taking figure to estimate how much the males imperiled themselves in caring for their young. oetaking the average of a bunch of subjective measures is never a good way to estimate something oe said Montgomerie who hopes that the team will follow up with a more detailed
look at each risk-taking behavior. But oethere s an interesting pattern there and it opens up lots of possibilities for future work he adds.
The incriminating images show Ryan William Waterman 21 and his two children petting a manatee calf at Taylor Creek in Fort Pierce last month according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife
which was likely still dependent on its mother for food and protection. Separating the two could have severe consequences for the calf FWC manatee biologist Thomas Reinert said in a statement.
Waterman faces charges under the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act which makes it illegal to molest harass
His offense also violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 which makes it illegal to hunt
or get up close to manatees as well as all other marine mammals such as whales seals and walruses. These laws however have not prevented some recent close encounters in Florida perhaps due to a lack of awareness.
And last October a woman turned herself in after photos surfaced showing her riding a manatee at Florida's Fort Desoto Park near Tampa.
and off the ice is an important aspect of monitoring the risks to the population associated with climate change study leader Seth Cherry a graduate student in ecology at the University of Alberta Canada told Livescience in an email.
In the time after they moved into the center of Mesa verde they developed pottery and the bow and arrow.
Built near springs the naturally enclosed sites offered protection against both the elements and intruders. oemany of the cliff dwellings at Mesa verde are small only one
and conflict seem to have sparked the move they write. At one Mesa verde site called oesand Canyon people late in the 13th century were depending more on wild plants
There were also signs of a battle. oeexcavators found 23 complete or fairly complete human bodies as well as scattered bones from at least 11 other individuals indicating that at least 34 people died at
Cinco de Mayo which marks Mexican military victory over The french in 1862 is celebrated more widely in the U s. than it is in Mexico.
As estimated 44 million Americans have osteoporosis a bone-thinning disease that is caused by low bone density and raises the risk of fractures especially of the hip spine and wrist.
and compared their effects on bone health and hip fracture risk. The findings appear in the February issue of the journal Archives of Osteoporosis. A food company that makes yogurt sponsored the research.
Gladiators of the Roman empire To find out she and her colleagues analyzed portions of bones from the femurs of 36 individuals from two Roman cemeteries.
></p><p>Trees may turn golden for reasons that have nothing to do with the onset of autumn:
The mountain's largest feature is the Valle del Bove (Valley of the Ox) a large horseshoe-shaped caldera on the eastern slope.
and in the Valle del Bove but these vertical eruptions pose little threat to inhabitants.
U s. Marines were then called upon to help with oeoperation Volcano Buster by flying cargo helicopters to drop huge concrete blocks at the edge of the lava tunnel.
In spite of the mystery and the danger locals call Mount etna oemongibello the beautiful mountain. They grow olives grapes
The eruption which removed the upper 1300 feet (396 meters) of the summit left a horseshoe-shaped crater and a barren wasteland.
George Vancouver of The british Royal navy who named it in honor of Alleyne Fitzherbert The british Ambassador to Spain who also held the title Baron St helens. The volcano was relatively active in the early 19th century
the ridge he camped on was within the direct blast zone. Gallery: The Incredible Eruption of Mount st helens Overhead Keith and Dorothy Stoffel were making an aerial survey of the volcano
Just as they passed around to the east side of the mountain the north face collapsed releasing superheated gases and trapped magma in a massive lateral explosion.
Everything within eight miles of the blast was wiped out almost instantly. The shockwave rolled over the forest for another 19 miles leveling century-old trees;
The area devastated by the direct blast force covered an area of nearly 230 square miles (596 square kilometers.
Shortly after the lateral blast a second vertical explosion occurred at the summit of the volcano sending a mushroom cloud of ash and gases more than 12 miles into the air.
In addition Congress approved $950 million in emergency funds to the Army Corps of Engineers FEMA and the Small Business Administration to help recovery efforts.
The climbing sticks can break posing risk of serious injury or death to users. Incidents/Injuries:
#Mysterious Shaman Stones Uncovered in Panama Archaeologists have unearthed nearly 5000-year-old shaman's stones in a rock shelter in Panama.
In 2006 Dickau reanalyzed the shelter and found that people had used the shady nook for cooking
Autumn's Best Colors The area is currently at 80 percent of its peak fall color according to New hampshire's tourism website with the best bets for amazing views in upland areas where sugar maples are a riot of yellow and orange.
Taking up the fight against bed bugs research scientists have looked to old European folk practice kidney bean leaves.
But WORLD WAR II interrupted that line of inquiry and with the advent of the pesticide DDT bed bugs became less of a problem in many places.
but also to determine risk factors for becoming ill (some people may not get sick) the researchers said.
and cholesterol in red meat have long been blamed for increasing people's risk of heart disease.
In a series of experiments in people and mice scientists for the first time demonstrated that carnitine from foods as well as from supplements influenced cardiovascular risk.
The findings showed that carnitine levels could quite strongly predict participant's risk of existing coronary artery disease as well as the risk of having a major cardiac event such as heart attack stroke
And taking the supplement could be influencing a person's long-term risk of heart disease he suggested.
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#New Earth Explorer Satellite to Map Global Forests The European space agency hopes to launch a new Earth Explorer satellite in 2020 that will map the extent and composition of the world s forests.
</p><p>Yes ladies hiking in stilettos takes its toll. A study in the October 2009 issue of the journal Arthritis Care & Research found that nearly 64 percent of older women who reported foot pain regularly wore high heels pumps or sandals at some point in their lives.<
<a href=http://www. livescience. com/18689-high-heels-hurt-infographic. html>How High Heels Hurt (Infographic)</a p><p.>We found an increased risk of hindfoot pain
According to a study published in October in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews marijuana use increases the risk of car crashes.
-risk-of-car-crashes. -html>involved in a car crash</a >.And that risk increased for those who smoked more frequently and those showing a higher level of the drug in their urine.</
</p><p>Sorry but that double cheeseburger is still not your friend. Scientists found that eating lots of saturated fat-filled red meat
and highly processed and salted meats is associated with a higher risk of death.</</p><p>A 2009 study of more than 500000 people found that individuals who consume more of these foods have increased an risk of death from all causes
and also specifically from cancer or heart disease over a 10-year period compared with people who eat less of those meats.
For the experiment to work Yorzinski gradually trained captive peahens to wear tiny backpacks holding the equipment and a helmet with two cameras attached.
Wisdom and her young chick inhabit Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) which is famous for itsâ Laysan albatrossâ population.
and Wildlife Service superintendent for the Papahä naumokuä kea Marine National monument which encompasses Midway Atoll NWR.
and always survived to continue propagating her species. In 2011 sheâ survived the 5-foot (1. 5 meters) tsunamiâ the hit Midway after Japan's 9. 0-magnitude earthquake.
The tsunami killed an estimated 2000 adult albatrosses and about 110000 chicks in the wildlife refuge.
Food insecurity plagues one-third of households two-thirds for female-headed households. People are reliant on the condition of their farmland and fisheries.
Two of the joint interventions with Mozambique communities involved offering training in conservation-agriculture techniques and establishing fish sanctuaries
Linking these marine and land-based livelihood interventions is critical in a place experiencing so much pressure on its resource assets.
and the associated cost savings meant those farmers'incomes increased 15 percent to 20 percent.
Protecting Life on a Changing Planet. This article first appeared as Overshoot Day: Living Too large on a Finite Planeton Hoekstra's WWF blog Science Driven.
Between the palace and the town there are also buildings that housed the war and foreign affairs ministries residences for those not entitled to live in the palace stables and a kennel among other structures.
It s been noted that by keeping the king s residence some distance from Paris it offered him protection from any civil unrest going on in the city.
Victory in battle features prominently in these narratives with one example showing Louis with his army crossing the Rhine river in 1672. oehair streaming dressed in Roman style
The Hall of Mirrors was flanked on its north side by the Salon of War which has art depicting the king s victory against a European coalition in a war that ran from 1688-1697 and on its south side by a Salon of Peace
which has art depicting the benefits of the forthcoming peace. Â The king had his throne in the oeapollo Salon
American history at Versailles Two key events in the American revolution happened at Versailles. Benjamin Franklin acting on behalf of a newly independent United states negotiated a treaty with Louis XVI
which led to America getting critical support from The french military. Spawforth notes that Louis XVI would have one of his inventions a oefranklin chimney installed that produced less smoke than an ordinary fireplace.
Fittingly the Treaty of Paris which formally ended the Revolutionary War was signed on Sept. 3 1783 at Versailles close to the palace in the nearby foreign affairs building.
Several decades later when King Louis Philippe (reign 1830-1848) was turning Versailles into a museum he would include a painting that depicts the siege of Yorktown a decisive victory in the Revolutionary War in which the Americans
Many of its furnishings were sold to help pay for the subsequent Revolutionary Wars. When Napoleon came to power he had created an apartment for himself in the Grand Trianon complete with a map room.
The Battles Gallery can still be seen today with its modern-day keepers noting that the gallery s art depicts every main French battle between the Battle of Tolbiac in A d. 496 and the Battle of wagram in 1809.
Two more pivotal events would occur at Versailles in this post-revolutionary period. In 1871 after France had lost a war against Prussia Kaiser Wilhelm
I was proclaimed Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors adding an extra layer of humiliation to The french defeat.
Although the treaty formally ended World war i it has been argued by some that it helped pave the way for WORLD WAR II.
Life in the Paleozoic The Paleozoic began with the Cambrian period 53 million years best known for ushering in an explosion of life On earth.
This Cambrian explosion included the evolution of arthropods (ancestors of today's insects and crustaceans) and chordates (animals with rudimentary spinal cords.
Coral reefs flourished providing shelter for fish and shelled creatures such as nautiloids and ammonoids. Modern conifers and ginkgo trees evolved on land.
and is a definite health warning signal. As a urologist I'm always worried when people have red urine Greene said.
Methylene blue was also a malaria treatment during WORLD WAR II. Other medications that make blue urine include Viagra indomethacin
And if squeeze bottles aren't being used try to be first in line to avoid contamination from knives that have touched bread containing gluten.
The early autumn blizzard struck the state with unexpected fury dumping a record-breaking 19 inches (48 centimeters) of snow on Rapid city on Friday Oct 4.
and cattle did not yet have the protection of thick winter coats of hair. Normally the state's cattle ranchers would apply for assistance from the Farm Service agency a division of the U s. Department of agriculture.
They're acting like a bunch of kids fighting over a toy rancher Matt Kammerer told The New york times. They're getting paid;
and she cleaned his teeth without using protective equipment according to the report. Of the 43 people who came into contact with the father
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so you can imagine the potential risk to multiple different species. Catching frogs Scientists first noticed sharply declining frog populations in the Sierra nevada starting in the 1980s.
It faces threats in the wild including deforestation and hunting. Follow Megan Gannon onâ Twitterâ andâ Google+.
Op-Ed Suzy Friedman sustainable agriculture director for the Environmental Defense Fundâ contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
For a decade the Environmental Defense Fund has been working with farmers and other partners in the Western Lake erie Basin to reduce fertilizer and sediment runoff.
It is part of EDF s larger effort to advance a new era in conservation one that rewards private landowners for protecting our natural resources.
Balick who is the garden's vice president for botanical science knows all too well about the dangers of curare.
and they're at risk of losing their herbal history. Today Balick partners with people in far-flung locales like Vanuatu
Army field guides say drinking urine is a good survival tool when stranded in the wilderness.</
Unfortunately about half of the world's food is consumed never due to inefficiencies in the harvesting storage and delivery of crops.
and leading global efforts to combat climate change. 8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World Frank Lowenstein Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Nature Conservancy's Global
Reducing emissions The president's plan will direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish standards for greenhouse gas emissions for new and existing power plants.
and forest that reduce the force of floods coming down from our mountains and coastal ecosystems that buffer the shores he explained.
 Overall Lowenstein is optimistic that the president's plan will lead to real action to combat climate change.
17 men armed with Kalashnikov rifles recently entered the park and slaughtered at least 26 elephants four of them calves collecting as much ivory as possible before disappearing to most likely begin preparing their next attack.
With the help of well-organized criminal syndicates the ivory is most likely already in transit to Asia to feed the voracious appetite for this white gold from newly affluent individuals.
The Biggest Beasts On land The threat to stability posed by incidents such as the one at Dzanga Bai is being highlighted today (May 29) in a briefing before the United nations Security council.
In a report to the world's highest international security body U n. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says Poaching
and its potential linkages to other criminal even terrorist activities constitute a grave menace to sustainable peace and security in Central africa.
Central african republic (CAR) has been rocked by violence and chaos since the beginning of the year and the 17 poachers ominously presented themselves as part of the country's transitional government forces.
Saving the elephants of Dzanga Bai is critical. Central african republic must act quickly to secure the area
and drive out most of the poachers All of that work threatens to be undone by one swift spasm of violence.
and veggies for city dwellers but high levels of toxic metals in soil especially lead could pose health risks for people who grow
Langley-Turnbaugh discussed the risks associated with growing produce in contaminated soil at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston earlier this month.
since lead poisoning is the number one environmental threat to children in the United states. Sources of lead in soil include past industrial activities flaking lead paint from old houses and emissions from leaded gasoline.
but we do want to suggest some precautions said Kim Dietrich an environmental health scientist at the University of Cincinnati School of medicine who did not present at the conference.
and there is no longer a danger from lead paint inside the home flakes and chips of old paint may remain in the soil around the foundation of the house.
#Protecting the Nation's Drinking water Means Protecting Forests (Op-Ed) Kathy Abusow is president and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
This makes protecting forestlands critically important in order to ensure a supply of clean safe water. Recent research also suggests that protecting watersheds reduces long-term water treatment and storage costs for consumers.
Recognizing this water utilities increasingly are taking responsibility for the health of local watersheds with a special emphasis on protecting the forests they contain.
Investing in land protection to protect sources of drinking water is smart both economically and environmentally.
It's important to note that protecting forests does not necessarily mean public ownership or set asides.
In 2011 for example Raleigh N c. established a watershed protection fee of 1 cent per 100 gallons in customers'monthly water bills.
The fee costs homeowners an average of 40 cents a month and generates about $1. 8 million annually for land protection
The machines can employ air cannons for launching trebuchets for flinging and a variety of torsion machines that propel pumpkins via the power of twisted cables basically anything that doesn't involved gunpowder said Grant Imahara co-host of a Science Channel special on the event which airs at 8 p m
or how robust and healthy the birds'immune systems (the body system that fights off foreign invaders) were.
More than 50 percent of the time quail chose the sand color offering the best or second-best protection for their own egg pattern the study found.
The same strategy the military uses in its camouflage patterning the egg splotches disrupt its own outline with the colors
The sanctuary also enabled WCS researchers to study kipunji up close in their natural habitat. In this forest we have had habituated a group of kipunji that we have followed every day for over four years Tim Davenport director of WCS's Tanzania Program told Livescience in an email.
These grains may even come from the same star explosion that sparked the formation of the solar system scientists say.
when a massive star runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion and collapses in on itself in a giant explosion.
Supernova Photos Great Images of Star Explosions The silica grains are so small they are invisible to the naked eye.
That supernova might even be the same explosion that gave rise to the solar system the researchers speculated.
Children along with pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems are at high risk of complications from campylobacter infections.
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The risk for illness associated with raw milk is far greater than what was determined based on recognized outbreaks said study researcher Trisha Robinson an epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of health.
and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious life-threatening illnesses said a leading U s. group of pediatricians.
Pregnant women who drink raw milk may face a fivefold increase in risk of the parasite infection toxoplasmosis the doctors'group said;
and infection with bacteria called Listeria which are also found in raw milk has been linked with high rates of stillbirths preterm delivery as well as sepsis
and meningitis in the newborns said the AAP researchers who reviewed studies on the risks of raw milk consumption.
Children the elderly and people whose immune systems have been suppressed due to other diseases are also particularly at risk for becoming severely ill after consuming raw milk the researchers said.
Substantial data suggest that pasteurized milk confers equivalent health benefits compared with raw milk without the additional risk of bacterial infections the researchers wrote in the statement.
The death seemed very sinister and mysterious leading Dartmoor's livestock-protection officer to speculate that witches
and the livestock-protection officer recognize the signs of ordinary predation? After all presumably dead animals are not uncommon on farms and ranches;
and even suspected attacks by chupacabra a legendary bloodsucking creature often blamed for weird livestock deaths.
border some 5300 years after the Bronze age man died (probably during an enemy attack. Rainer Henn a forensic pathologist who examined Ãzi died in an auto accident one year later.
Dieter Warnecke who headed the rescue team looking for Simon's body died of a heart attack just hours after Simon's funeral.
According to some reports the tomb of<a href=http://www. livescience. com/28484-king-tut-curse-turns-90. html>King Tutankhamun</a>was guarded by a stone inscribed with the ominous threat:
A warlord and nobleman who controlled a vast swath of Asia during the 14th century Timur (aka Tamerlane) was renowned as a military tactician
whose warfare killed some 17 million people. He was celebrated also a patron of architecture and the arts however.
Uzbekistan much to the alarm of local residents and Muslim clergy. Upon opening Timur's coffin the team discovered an inscription:
I. Within a matter of hours Adolf hitler's troops invaded Russia; an estimated 26 million people died as a result.
shortly thereafter the German army surrendered at Stalingrad ending their campaign against the Russians. French merchant Jean Baptiste Tavernier according to legend stole a 115-carat blue diamond from the eye of a Hindu idol in India for this sacrilege Tavernier was mauled supposedly to death by dogs.
Did Native american leader Tecumseh curse William Henry Harrison after Harrison's troops emerged victorious at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
Ronald Reagan (1980) was the target of an assassin's bullet in 1981 but he survived
5 Risks of Raw Vegan Diet On the road to good health there are many forks. Some paths such as vegetarianism or the Mediterranean diet have considerable science supporting them.
In this way raw veganism is an extension of the vegan appreciation for animal welfare with the added spirituality of a life force called chi or prana.
#Real-life Smoking Caterpillar Uses Nicotine as Defense Ripped from the pages of Lewis carroll's Alice in wonderland scientists have discovered a smoking caterpillar of sorts.
Video See the Smoking Caterpillars in Action It's really a story about how an insect that eats a plant co-opts the plant for its own defense said study researcher Ian Baldwin a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical
The scientists then placed so-called interference RNA matching that gene in tobacco plants grown in the lab. The interference RNA targeted that gene preventing the caterpillars from using their defense.
This defense Berenbaum noted has the advantage of warning a predator of a prey's toxicity without requiring the prey to lose a limb.
whether hornworm caterpillars have other defenses against predators. For instance the caterpillars also consume plants such as tomatoes which contain alkaloids that are not volatile like nicotine is.
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