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People can sicken animals

By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli / April 17, 2013

Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people

Posted in Animals, Body & Health | Tagged biological pollution, bobcats, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, cats, clams, crabs, ecology, emerging infectious disease, explainer, feces, filter feeders, germs, marine mammals, Melissa Miller, microbe, microbiology, mollusk, mussels, Oysters, parasite, pathogen, Pollution, runoff, sea otters, terms: pets, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, wetlands, wildcat, wildlife

Bird malaria moves north

By Stephen Ornes / October 10, 2012

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

Posted in Animals | Tagged Adaptation, avian malaria, birds, blood, climate change, disease, disease ecology, ecology, epidemiology, evolution, getinvolved, global warming, malaria, microbes, microbiology, mosquito, parasite, protozoa, Ravinder Sehgal, Robert Fleischer, San Francisco State University, Smithsonian Institution, tropical disease

How teachers cultivate young scientists

By Erin Wayman / October 4, 2012

Martin Shapiro, an instructor at the 2012 SSP Fellows Institute,
demonstrates the “electric pickle” experiment, a fun way to introduce students to research. Credit: SSP

SSP Fellows share tips on how to introduce research into the classroom

Posted in Science Education, Teaching Science, Young Scientists | Tagged Applied Learning Academy, Bill Wallace, Center for BioMolecular Modeling, Central Virginia Governor’s School for Science and Technology, Cheryl Lindeman, data analysis, Denise Gordon, electric pickle experiment, experimentation, feature, fellows institute, Georgetown Day School, grants, graphing, Intel, Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams, Lillie Bryant, Martin Shapiro, Milwaukee School of Engineering, nematode, Northeast High School, parasite, pill bugs, Randa Flinn, Reed Resource Center School, research, research grants, School Without Walls, science fairs, Science News for Kids, science teachers, Society for Science & the Public, South Fort Myers High School, state science fair, Steven Wilkie, Sydney Bergman, topstories