Chemical Ecology

Insect warning colors aid cancer and tropical disease drug discovery (PhysOrg)

9 Jul 2008

Brightly colored beetles or butterfly larvae nibbling on a plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer cell lines and tropical parasitic diseases, according to researchers at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Such clues could speed drug discovery and provide insight into the ecological relationships between tropical-forest plants and insects that ...

Waging war on weeds (Casper Star-Tribune)

8 Jul 2008

There are common weeds. Then there are noxious weeds, exotic foreign invaders from other continents that wreak environmental havoc upon the land.

Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To CO2 Cuts (PollutionOnline)

8 Jul 2008

Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean-often called the cradle of life on Earth