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Coral reef fish harbour an unexpectedly high biodiversity of parasites

In fact the best conserved areas harbour over 700 species of coral, 600 species of mollusc and nearly 4000 species of fish. These fish have been well studied…

Inquiring Research Minds Want To Know More About Cotton Fleahoppers

Inquiring Texas research minds want to know more about cotton fleahoppers – a tiny, sometimes obscure pest that can damage plants during their early growth. “Fleahoppers are a threat to young cotton for about four weeks,” said Dr. Megha Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist based at Lubbock. “They feed on new plant growth, primarily the first small squares. This damage can delay plant maturity, leaving the crop open to damage from other pests later in the growing season.” …

When bivalves ruled the world

Before the worst mass extinction of life in Earth’s history – 252 million years ago – ocean life was diverse and clam-like organisms called brachiopods…

Studying evidence from Ice Age lakes

”The ice-dammed lakes in Russia were larger than the largest lakes we know today,” Eiliv Larsen, a geologist at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), tells…

NASA study predicts more severe storms with global warming

Previous climate model studies have shown that heavy rainstorms will be more common in a warmer climate, but few global models have attempted to simulate the…

Dispelling the myth of bipolar glaciation 41 million years ago

This is the finding of scientists from the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton…

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