Researchers from the University of São Paulo are producing maps that show areas of the city of São Paulo with the highest concentration of air pollutants; the results of the studies were presented in the United States during FAPESP Week Illinois.

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with BlueGreen Labs, has launched a new e-course on Fusarium wilt of banana on the banana plant health learning platform www.crophealth.org.

New research from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT shows both opportunities and challenges for women and youth in agriculture in southern Senegal.

For the first time in South America, researchers recorded the use of ultrasound by a frog endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil, which has more species of amphibians than any other country. Other frogs may use very high-frequency calls for the same purpose.

Researchers working in Gamboa, Panama, found that the vibrant red hind-leg flags of matador bugs serve as an intricate defense strategy rather than a mating display or distraction tactic. Through experiments involving predatory birds and prey adorned with bug flags, the study revealed that these flags act as warning signals, deterring predator attacks.

Experiments conducted at Butantan Institute in São Paulo used phage display to screen 12,000 proteins found in Schistosoma mansoni, the worm that causes the disease. The method deployed bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, to identify key parasit