The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country’s Global Biodiversity …
A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from eastern, …
Baobab trees grow in arid and semi-arid parts of Africa, and have deep cultural and ecological significance. Some of these trees are thousands of years old. Global demand for baobab …
Written by Maria Yetano Roche and Temilade Sesan Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases …
Michael Brown – Conservation Science Fellow, Smithsonian Institution Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the Nigerian Sahara and carved spectacularly intricate, larger-than-life …
Julia Liu – Professor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and RaKetra Snipes Physician Assistant in Gastroenterology, Morehouse School of Medicine Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic …
Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to …
Nick Shay – Professor of Oceanography, University of Miami The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is …
Alessandro Ossola – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global …
Ivan Martinez – Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University Lisa D. Tinsley – KISA Public Media In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical …