27-04-2014Barn owls (Tyto alba) suffered their worst year on record in 2013. Results from barn owl monitoring schemes around the…
26-04-2014Integrated pest management programs (IPM) promote the use of multiple cultural, biological, and chemical tactics to reduce the abundance of…
16-04-2014The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today…
15-04-2014Exposure even to low levels of imidacloprid, a widely used pesticide, can harm the central nervous system of bees and…
14-04-2014Cholinergic modulation of prefrontal cortex is essential for attention. In essence, it focuses the mind on relevant, transient stimuli in…
14-04-2014Maternal smoking during pregnancy can impair performance of the exposed offspring in tasks that require auditory stimulus processing and perception;…
14-04-2014This suggests that some constituent of smoke, such as the primary addictive component, nicotine, alters neurodevelopment. Although many effects of…
14-04-2014The very same pesticides accused of causing massive declines in honeybee populations are just as culpable in the loss of…
14-04-2014Cholinergic neurons and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain participate in diverse functions: reward, learning and memory, mood, sensory…
14-04-2014Eriopis connexa is a native coccinelid predator in the Neotropical Region. In Argentina it is commonly found associated to sucking…
