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Grooming Time Predicts Survival: American Kestrels, < em > Falco sparverius < /em > , on a Subtropical Island
Am Nat. 2023 Apr;201(4):603-609. doi: 10.1086/723412. Epub 2023 Feb 15.ABSTRACTAbstractAnimals have evolved a variety of adaptations to care for their body surfaces, such as grooming behavior, which keeps the integument clean, parasite-free, and properly arranged. Despite extensive research on the grooming of mammals, birds, and arthropods, the survival value of grooming has never been directly measured in natural populations. We monitored grooming and survival in a population of marked American kestrels (Falco sparverius) on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. We found a strong association between time spent grooming and surviv...
Source: The American Naturalist - March 23, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Sarah E Bush Dale H Clayton Source Type: research

The Difficulty of Predicting Evolutionary Change in Response to Novel Ecological Interactions: A Field Experiment with < em > Anolis < /em > Lizards
Am Nat. 2023 Apr;201(4):537-556. doi: 10.1086/723209. Epub 2023 Feb 17.ABSTRACTAbstractDetermining whether and how evolution is predictable is an important goal, particularly as anthropogenic disturbances lead to novel species interactions that could modify selective pressures. Here, we use a multigeneration field experiment with brown anole lizards (Anolis sagrei) to test hypotheses about the predictability of evolution. We manipulated the presence/absence of predators and competitors of A. sagrei across 16 islands in the Bahamas that had preexisting brown anole populations. Before the experiment and again after roughly f...
Source: The American Naturalist - March 23, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Timothy J Thurman Todd M Palmer Jason J Kolbe Arash M Askary Kiyoko M Gotanda Oriol Lapiedra Tyler R Kartzinel Naomi Man In't Veld Liam J Revell Johanna E Wegener Thomas W Schoener David A Spiller Jonathan B Losos Robert M Pringle Rowan D H Barrett Source Type: research

U.S. mulls stronger protections for iconic Caribbean conch, raising concern among fishers
Overfishing may put the queen conch—a large marine snail known for its showy shell and delectable flesh—on the path to extinction, U.S. government researchers concluded earlier this year after an extensive review of the species. Federal officials are now considering whether to list the Caribbean species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, having wrapped up collecting public comments on the proposal last week. But fishing communities in several countries are opposing the move, worried that such a listing could end their ability to export conch meat to the United States, their largest market. “We are ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 23, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

News at a glance: Earth ’s top geological sites, cameras on sharks, and China’s space station
NATURAL HISTORY Science society lists Earth’s top ‘geoheritage’ sites The International Union of Geological Sciences last week marked its 60th anniversary by announcing a list of 100 “geoheritage” sites that have substantially influenced understanding of Earth’s deep history . The global list, released in collaboration with UNESCO, is meant to foster conservation and tourism. The sites include familiar ones, such as the Grand Canyon’s “great unconformity,” a billion-year gap in the rock record erased by erosion. More exotic examples include limestones in Germany that pres...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - November 3, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Implementing a school-based HIV prevention program during public health emergencies: lessons learned in The Bahamas
Natural disasters and public health crises can disrupt communities ’ capacities to implement important public health programs. A nationwide implementation of an evidence-based HIV prevention program, Focus on Y... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - October 4, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Lynette Deveaux, Elizabeth Schieber, Lesley Cottrell, Regina Firpo-Triplett, Richard Adderley, Karen MacDonell, Nikkiah Forbes and Bo Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Causation between energy consumption and climate change in the countries with the highest global climate risk
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Sep 28. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23181-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe study aims to examine if there is causation between "energy consumption" and "climate change" through the data of ten countries with the highest Climate Risk Index (CRI) scores. The ten highest CRI score countries include Puerto Rico, Myanmar, Haiti, Philippines, Mozambique, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, and Nepal. The annual data for the years 2005-2019 was used because of the data constraints. CRI is selected as the dependent variable. As for the independent variables, the ratios of the energy consum...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - September 28, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ibrahim Cutcu Ahmet Keser Mehmet Vahit Eren Source Type: research

[ASAP] Bioactive Bromotyrosine Alkaloids from the Bahamian Marine Sponge < named-content content-type="genus-species" xlink:type="simple" > Aiolochroia crassa < /named-content > . Dimerization and Oxidative Motifs
The Journal of Organic ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01415 (Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry)
Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - September 16, 2022 Category: Chemistry Authors: Mariam N. Salib, Rudi Hendra, and Tadeusz F. Molinski Source Type: research

Dolphins make peace and love —not war—when they encounter strangers
In the summer of 2013, dolphin researcher Nicole Danaher-Garcia spotted something rare and remarkable in the animal world. As she stood on top of the bridge of a sport fishing yacht near Bimini in the Bahamas, she spied 10 adult Atlantic spotted dolphins she had never seen before—speeding into the waters of another group of dolphins. Most mammals attack intruders, but war wasn’t on the menu that day. Instead, the newcomers—eventually 46 in all—joined up with the resident dolphins, some 120 in number. Today, the two groups of Atlantic spotted dolphins ( Stenella frontalis ) have partially integrated,...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 2, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research