Despite a lack of planning and monitoring, the reintroduction of the alpine marmot in the Pyrenees has been a success. However, reintroduced populations of Andorra, La Cerdanya and El Ripollès have low genetic diversity. Only time will tell whether this inconvenience...
Some nematodes that parasite on insects can cause their hosts to look halfway between a male and a female. In the case of Culicoides mosquitoes, males are feminized. Francesc...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are two fruit fly species coexisting in the arid zones of Bolivia and the Argentine Northwest. The two species are capable of producing hybrids in laboratory when D. buzzatii males are crossed with D. koepferae females. UAB scientists observed...
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of organisms to change their phenotype according to the environment. While plasticity is important to cope with environmental changes, it may also be costly and be lost during evolution in a constant, non-challenging environment. In this study, we analyzed...
Kabuno bay, located in the north of Lake Kivu, in the heart of Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) offers a glimpse into the early oceans, showing how...
Nowadays, superficial bladder cancer is treated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG, which is effective in preventing tumour recurrence but can have several adverse effects in patients. The Mycobacteria Research Group at the UAB has discovered the...
Sea spiders (pycnogonids) are marine arthropods that inhabit all waters: from tropical to polar and from very shallow to very deep. In this work 65 species of sea spiders found in Iberian waters were studied. The results show a greater richness in...
Selenium is an essential element for human beings. One of the most important sources of selenium is wheat, which obtains selenium from the soil. A study in hydroponics explains how the two main inorganic forms behave and shows that low concentrations of selenium act as a...
World Mental Health Day is held annually on the 10th of October, to raise awareness and inform on mental health issues and win support. At the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the group of researchers that make up the CORE-Mental Health network are...
Cathy Yule, an Australian aquatic ecologist, is professor of the Faculty of Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. She specialises in the biology of peat swamp forests. These regions are unique and of global importance given their large biodiversity and role as carbon storers, but are now being seriously threatened.
