Scientists gathered information on every birth in Brazil since the beginning of the Zika outbreak to search for a connection between the virus and microcephaly.
Location of Research: South America
How do dogs make trouble for wildlife in the Andes?
Scientists wanted to know whether feral dogs were a problem for naturally occurring carnivores in the Andean mountains in Ecuador.
How can we help extremely poor people earn more money?
Researchers conducted a study in six different countries to find out if providing extremely poor people with livelihoods and food support could enable them to escape extreme poverty.
How can we track mosquitoes? (And why!)
Researchers wanted to create a reliable mathematical model to estimate mosquito population measures.
Is the Amazon rainforest tougher than we thought?
Scientists find out that rainforests are not so vulnerable to deforestation as they previously thought.
Palm oil is everywhere – but where did it come from?
​Scientists determine which parts of the world are most at risk for losing their forests and wildlife due to palm oil plantations.