ResilienceCaspar Diederik/Flickr The plan to save Italy's dying olive trees with dogs A deadly and hard-to-detect disease has been ravaging the treasured olive trees of southern Italy for 10 years. A highly trained squad of super-sniffer dogs could save them.
Impacts A parasitic bacterium saps energy from corals Though researchers just sequenced its genome for the first time, this harmful bacterium is surprisingly common in marine life.
Impacts newrepublic.com The frightening spread of toxic algae Climate change is accelerating the spread of lethal algal blooms in American waterways—with devastating results for humans and animals alike.
Impacts www.theatlantic.com Why did two-thirds of saiga suddenly drop dead? The mass death of 200,000 saiga provides a dark omen for what might happen to wildlife in a changing world.
Why did two-thirds of saiga suddenly drop dead?