The destruction of habitat and incidental over-fishing are the two main threats for 37 species of sharks that have been identified in Puerto Rico.
For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site.
Estudia los procesos de la vida e investiga sobre el origen, las propiedades y las características de los organismos vivos y su interacción con el medio ambiente.
Due to the warming ocean temperatures, coral reefs around Puerto Rico have been under stress for more than 7 weeks in a row, which could provoke a massive bleaching event after October 27. If this bleaching occurs there could be negative effects of unknown magnitude to fishing, recreational and tourism industries.
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By: Dr. Wilson Gonzalez-Espada, Ciencia Puerto Rico
At first look, history and microbiology may seem disciplines with nothing in common. However, two Latina faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester MA, vehemently shattered the perceived boundaries between these disciplines to provide their students with a unique and long-lasting learning experience.
History/Microbiology Podcast 1 - College of the Holy Cross
The 1915 Dengue Epidemic in Porto Rico
By: Kaz Colon, William Hamilton, Lauren Kuhar, Katherine Lenahan, Caroline Russell
History/Microbiology Podcast 3 – College of the Holy Cross
Typhoid Fever in a Rural Village of Porto Rico Due to a Surface Well
By: Angel Carrillo, Adeline Gutiérrez Nuñez, Louis Hurtado, Maria Claudia Schubert-Fontes, and Rossangelly Toro Carrillo.
History/Microbiology Podcast 2 - College of the Holy Cross
Prostitution and Community Syphilis in Porto Rico 1919
By: Michael Chaoui, Meg Gentile, Patrick Hogan, Katherine O’Malley, Matthew Wilk
More than a month since Maria hit Puerto Rico, there is still a lot of standing water and a large number of households with little or no access to potable water, which increases the possibility of diseases such as leptospirosis, gastroenteritis, dengue, zika and chikungunya. However, many of these diseases are preventable if citizens take the right precautions.
According to the American Cancer Society, every person should get tested for colorectal cancer at age 50. Early detection is key in prevention and treatment because many times colorectal cancer does not present any symptoms
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El martes, la clase de biología de los estudiantes de décimo grado de la escuela Leonides Morales, en este municipio, tuvo un sabor diferente. Literalmente.
La maestra Brenda Estévez les pidió a sus alumnos que trajeran dulces, y ellos llegaron con chocolates, galletas, marshmallows, cereal, grageas y mantequilla de maní, entre otros.
The destruction of habitat and incidental over-fishing are the two main threats for 37 species of sharks that have been identified in Puerto Rico.
For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site.
Los insectos desempeñan funciones cruciales tanto en los ecosistemas naturales como los agrícolas. No sería una exageración decir que sin la polinización por parte de los insectos, la humanidad se vería en serios problemas para producir comida. Cerca del 35% de los alimentos que consumimos dependen de la intervención de los insectos. Pero algunas especies pueden producir daños severos a la agricultura. Se estima que más de 10,000 especies producen daños a plantas que los humanos utilizamos. Ya sea por sus múltiples beneficios o perjuicios, los insectos son un factor clave para la seguridad alimentaria de la humanidad, es por esto que debemos entender como el cambio climático impactara en estos organismos.