Science News for Kids » mosquito http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bird malaria moves north http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bird-malaria-moves-north/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/bird-malaria-moves-north/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:36:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14350 Black-capped chickadees, like the one shown here, stay in Fairbanks, Alaska, year-round. Scientists report that some of the birds have been found with avian malaria, suggesting that the germ that causes the disease has established itself in the far North. Credit: Mdf/wikipedia

Germs that cause a so-called tropical disease make themselves at home in frosty Alaska]]> Black-capped chickadees, like the one shown here, stay in Fairbanks, Alaska, year-round. Scientists report that some of the birds have been found with avian malaria, suggesting that the germ that causes the disease has established itself in the far North. Credit: Mdf/wikipedia

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