RSS Builder by B!Soft http://evolution.berkeley.edu your one-stop source for information on evolution en-us Fri, 11 May 2012 09:47:51 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120501_habitatloss here.]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:45:14 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120301_chipmunks Tamias alpinus. Today, however, park visitors will have to hike up a nearby mountain to see one of these critters. That's because this species is sensitive to temperature — and over the last hundred years of global climate change, Yosemite has warmed by about 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit. As the temperature increased, the chipmunks retreated to higher and higher elevations where it was cooler. Today, they occupy a fraction of their original range. If climate change continues, they could be squeezed right off the tops of their mountains and out of existence. Read the whole story here.]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:26:05 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120201_tinychameleons here. ]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:43:17 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/120101_sharkhybrid here.]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:31:20 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/111101_hla here.]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:41:47 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/111001_tuberculosis here.]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:13:25 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110901_earlymammals here.]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:51:53 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/090301_cichlidspeciation here.]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:42:11 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/061201_quietcrickets here.]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:54:47 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110501_robots Read the rest of the story.]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:17:40 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110401_whiteflies Rickettsia) is a close relative of the species that causes typhus in humans. Its host is the sweet potato whitefly, a tiny bug that can occur in large enough numbers to form visible clouds. Whiteflies suck the sap from plants and spread crop diseases, causing hundreds of millions of dollars of damage in a single season. In just a few years, the percentage of southwestern whiteflies infected with Rickettsia has skyrocketed from 1% to more than 90%. Unfortunately, this is not the boon for local farmers that it might seem. Find out how the bacteria actually help whiteflies.]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:49:44 -0700 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110301_pcbresistantcod Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:12:35 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/110201_throwing Read more to see the evolution (and baseball) connection.]]> Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:22:21 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101201_panthers Find out about the evolutionary basis of this successful conservation plan.]]> Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:18:33 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101101_malaria Find out how a deadly strains of malaria jump between chimp, gorilla and human hosts.]]> Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:31:49 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/101001_altitude Read more about the adaptations of the Tibetan highlanders.]]> Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/100901_bedbugs Read about how bedbugs evolve to overcome control measures.]]> Sat, 1 May 2010 14:18:08 -0800 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/100501_xwoman Find out more.]]>