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		Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Seed Dispersal, Environmental Conditions Matter in African Forests Ecologists discover when, how tropical trees regenerate Released  May 14, 2013
		Life on a Coral Reef: Insult Is (Sometimes) Added to Injury Overfishing removes predatory fish that keep sponges from smothering corals Released  May 8, 2013
		Studying Molecules That Regulate the Body’s Circadian Rhythms Researcher examines behavior of genes to understand breast cancer risks and other health issues Released  April 29, 2013
		Trail of Fire Leads to Less Snow, Threatened Water Resources Scientists study New Mexico's Rabbit Mountain, where forests burned in the 2011 Las Conchas fire Released  April 25, 2013
		Earth Week: The Search for White Gold--Snowmelt Thin snowpack puts ecosystems and water resources in critical condition Released  April 16, 2013
		Blue Mussels "Hang On" Along Rocky Shores: For How Long? Mussels' anchors--byssal threads--weakened by ocean acidification Released  March 21, 2013
		Native Americans Trained to Address Environmental Problems on Their Lands NSF-funded program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute teaches Native Americans about geospatial data Released  March 20, 2013
		"Defective" Virus Leads to Epidemic of Dengue Fever Virus may have led to widespread disease in Myanmar in 2001 Released  March 1, 2013
		El Yunque, Majestic Rocky Icon of Puerto Rico: Impervious to the Ravages of Time? Anvil-shaped promontory formed inside an ancient supervolcano Released  February 27, 2013
		Underwater Whodunit: What's Killing Florida's Elkhorn Coral? Scientists solve Caribbean coral mystery: human pathogens cause marine invertebrate deaths Released  February 14, 2013
		Animal Attraction: The Many Forms of Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom A Valentine's Day special on the science of monogamy Released  February 13, 2013
		Yellowstone Ecosystem Needs Wolves and Willows, Elk and...Beavers? Scientists plot crucial links among Yellowstone plant and animal species Released  February 7, 2013
		Jellyfish "Blooms" Wax and Wane in Natural Cycles Research shows blooms follow periodic global oscillations Released  January 24, 2013
		High-Peak Creeks, Forest Fires and Landscape Erosion: Could They Be Linked? Colorado's Boulder Creek watershed: where rushing streams, raging blazes and the Rockies meet Released  January 14, 2013
		Exploring the Brain's Relationship to Habits Research may impact development of treatments for movement disorders such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, as well as conditions such as autism Released  January 14, 2013
		Life in the Fast Lane: Racing to Identify Species As Biodiversity Shrinks A conversation about conserving and naming species Released  January 4, 2013
		Cooking Up Clean Air in Africa Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana Released  January 3, 2013
		Snake Tales Scientists use high-tech methods to interpret tail signals from squirrel prey to rattlesnake predators Released  December 17, 2012
		Studying Evolution in Action Researchers apply biological and digital approaches to better understand underlying factors Released  November 29, 2012
		Snails in the Waters, Disease in the Villages Treatment for snail-borne schistosomiasis works best over the long haul Released  November 19, 2012
		Cool Cat in a Hot Zone Urban bobcats pick up diseases from humans, not the reverse Released  November 5, 2012
		Science on the Graveyard Shift Discovering what gets buried and how Released  October 31, 2012
		The Night Life: Why We Need Bats All the Time--Not Just on Halloween Researchers are identifying the important ecological and economic contributions of bats, gleaning lessons from incredible bat abilities that may advance technology, and helping to battle a new fatal bat epidemic Released  October 31, 2012
		The Colors of Fall: Are Autumn Reds and Golds Passing Us By? Climate change, land-use change, introduced pests and diseases altering fall foliage Released  September 25, 2012
		Tropical Reefs Surviving Environmental Stresses: Corals' Choice of Symbiotic Algae May Hold the Key Corals that host fewer species of algae are less sensitive to disturbances Released  August 29, 2012
		From Lake to Land, in a Land of Lakes Moose act as conduits of nitrogen between water bodies and the edges of lakes, ponds Released  August 17, 2012
		A Tree Stands in the Sierra Nevada A coniferous view of the link between snowmelt and water supplies in the U.S. West Released  August 7, 2012
		Into the Matorral: Scientists Track Avifauna in Coastal Chile's Thorn-Scrub Researchers discover ecological role of bird life in a biodiversity hotspot Released  July 26, 2012
		Acid Rain: Scourge of the Past or Trend of the Present? New connection between climate change and acidification of Northeast's forests and streams Released  July 25, 2012
		Where North Meets South in the Sea Small fish adapt to cold, warm water temperatures along 2,000 miles of Atlantic Coast Released  July 24, 2012