February 3, 2005

Invading armies Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson has solved the centuries-old mystery of Caribbean crop plagues of the 1500s and 1700s - the 'first recorded environmental crisis of the New World.' Above, Solenopsis geminata, the ant whose symbiotic partner, a 'sap-sucking' insect, was responsible for the devastation. (Image by G. Alpert and S. Cover) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Snaring secrets of the Venus flytrap
Researchers detail plant kingdom's fastest move

Solving the mystery of a centuries-old plague
Wilson fingers two species in Caribbean ant plagues

Suicide high among female doctors
More than double the rate of general public

Winds and waves sculpted a 'snowball Earth'
Greenhouse to icehouse and back

Looking to forests for climate solutions
New report examines storing carbon in trees

Biggest stars produce strongest magnets

A touch of elegans
Craig Hunter worms his way to new knowledge

Research in brief
Gains for American Indians, turning up the heat on drug abusers, and more