You all know by now that bees serve an important role in the environment as pollinators of flowering plants, many of which are important food crops. But did you know that bees also serve as defenders of the same plants? Researchers at the University of Wurzburg in Germany (site in German, sorry) have found that [...]
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Today while I was eating a tasty lunch, I happened across this story at CNN.com about how the Australian Tasmanian Devil population is in severe decline due to a virus that induces facial cancers to grow in these animals. These tumors eventually cause the Devils to starve due to their inability to eat. [...]
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This story about a dead zone off the coast of Louisiana is more than a little startling.
The coast of Louisiana is one of the most ecologically delicate and, at the same time, abused ecosystems in the world. It is a part of a series of estuaries which stretch along the coast of the Gulf [...]
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This story at CNN.com caught my attention at lunch today, and I thought 'how great is this, we are talking about population ecology in class this week, how handy!'
The average life expectancy of people in developing countries is on the increase, yet the life span of Americans remains less than that of roughly three dozen [...]
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In between setting up my gradebook and waiting for Meet the Teacher Night to begin, I came across something that may interest you:
Scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees
Just goes to show you that science is not static and that it's changing all the time.
Read the article and then think about how it [...]
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