Did climate change wipe out the Galápagos damselfish (Azurina eupalama)? This once-common, reef-dwelling fish — described by the Galápagos Conservancy as a “shimmering jewel” — hasn’t been seen since the 1982-1983 El Niño Southern Oscillation, which devastated the ecology around the Galápagos. Fueled by climate change, the weather event brought months of warm water to … Read more
Problems with bedbugs are increasingly reported in Lithuania’s largest cities, with the number of calls for extermination doubling since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most cases have been reported in the capital Vilnius, as well as in Kaunas and Šiauliai. “We used to have about three calls a week. Now we get so many … Read more
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite, can hide from the body’s immune system, sometimes for years. The team’s preclinical study showed that the parasite can shut down a key set of genes, rendering itself “immunologically invisible.” Their results indicate that … Read more