Asian tiger mosquito on the move
Scientists have compared the ecological niches of the Asian tiger mosquito and the yellow fever mosquito, both of which transmit infectious diseases, on various...
New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic
A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal therapeutics that are effective against many different...
Carnivores in captivity give birth at the same time of year as those in...
Reproductive seasonality is a fixed characteristic of a species -- researchers have now found that carnivores in captivity give birth at the same time...
Just one more ash dieback spore could push European ash trees to the brink
Europe's ash dieback epidemic could well have been caused by just one or two mushroom-like fruiting bodies of a fungal pathogen from Asia, according...
Trichomonosis discovered amongst myna birds in Pakistan
A strain of the disease responsible for killing nearly two thirds of the UK's greenfinch population has spread to myna birds in Pakistan. In...
West Nile virus reemerged and spread to new areas in Greece in 2017
West Nile virus (WNV), which is transmitted via mosquito bites, reemerged and spread to new territories of Greece in 2017 following a two-year hiatus...
Extreme climate variability destabilizing West Coast ecosystems
Extreme climate variability over the last century in western North America may be destabilizing both marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Newly identified bacteria may help bees nourish their young
Researchers have isolated three previously unknown bacterial species from wild bees and flowers. The bacteria, which belong to the genus Lactobacillus, may play a...
Rats, cats, and people trade-off as main course for mosquitoes in Baltimore, Md.
Understanding how neighborhood dynamics regulate mosquito bites is key to managing diseases like West Nile virus and Zika virus. Today in Parasites & Vectors,...
Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which carry viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land...
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