Ethiopian wolves are the rarest canid in the world, with only 500 found in the Ethiopian highlands. Rabies poses the most immediate threat to their survival, causing epizootic cycles of mass mortality. The complete genome sequence of a rabies virus (RABV) derived from an Ethiopian wolf during the most recent epizootic is reported here.

We investigated synanthropic small mammals in the Ethiopian Highlands as potential reservoirs for human pathogens and found that 2 rodent species, the Ethiopian white-footed mouse and Awash multimammate mouse, are carriers of novel Mobala virus strains. The white-footed mouse also carries a novel hantavirus, the second Murinae-associated hantavirus found in Africa.

The new genus and species Ainigmapsychops inexspectatus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands locality at Republic, Washington, U.S.A. We preliminarily assign it to the Psychopsidae; however, its venation is unusual within this family, particularly by its pectinate branches of AA1 originating at a steep angle, a character state more suggestive of the Osmylidae. 

The widespread ferristilpnomelane in Dalradian metabasites of the south-west Scottish Highlands has usually formed by secondary oxidation of primary ferrostilpnomelane, probably during weathering. Ferrostilpnomelane oxidizes readily in polished thin sections open to the atmosphere over a period of months, and microprobe examination of the resulting ferristilpnomelane suggests a change in the ro...

Biology of a nocturnal bee, Megalopta atra (Hymenoptera: Halictidae; Augochlorini), from the Panamanian highlands Simon M. Tierney a; Therany Gonzales-Ojeda b; William T. Wcislo a a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama b Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Sede Puerto Maldonado Jr. San Martín 451, Madre de Dios, ...

Acledra (Acledra) bichromocornis n. sp. from the highlands of Argentina and Bolivia is described. A checklist of the species of Acledra s. str. is provided, including the distribution by country. A key to the species of Acledra s. str. is included.

Woods Hole Lab, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Dover, DE, USA, 3 Sandy Hook Lab, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Highlands, NJ, USA, Narragansett Lab, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett, RI, USA, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, ...

Four new species of Cephennomicrus are described from Malaysia: C. curvidens sp. n., C. gentingensis sp. n. (both from the Genting Highlands, West Malaysia), C. santubongensis sp. n. and C. muluensis sp. n. (both from Sarawak, East Malaysia). Male genitalia of all new taxa are illustrated and diagnostic characters are discussed. 

Acid river systems and the actual situation of neutralization at Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, Gunma Prefecture, Ebino highlands Kirishima volcanoes, Miyazaki are reviewed. In case acid system sources water volcanic acidic hot springs mine drainage (AMD) from closed sulfur mines. Volcanic AMD have different effects on environment. Arsenic is predominantly supplied springs, heavy metals such as lead ...

Despite intense malaria interventions and associated decline of malaria transmission in Rwanda; potential for malaria transmission remain in highly endemic areas. As response, an integrated malaria control was introduced based on local ecology, malaria epidemiology and socio-economic factors. This strategy intends to sustain the achievements in malaria reduction by effective interventions in th...