When they consume anything containing gluten--a type of protein found in wheat, barley, and rye--their immune systems attack it, prompting severe intestinal inflammation.
Researchers in Sweden and Australia, examining a type of crocodile found in Australia and Papua New Guinea, were finally able to determine what the valve does.
The sea wasp is a type of jellyfish found in the Indo-Pacific region.
The most recent was a type of sawfly found in 1998 in the pitch pine woods of Albany by Dr. Timothy L. McCabe, curator of entomology at the New York State Museum.
It is named for sargassum, a type of seaweed found in its waters, which are exceptionally blue (there is a fountain-pen ink named after their color).
"This will have enormous impact in the field," said Dr. Antonios Mikos, vice president of the Tissue Engineering Society and editor of Tissue Engineering, which published a paper by Dr. Bhatnagar last year on converting a type of fibroblast found in gums into bone.
In addition to the alcove of oils, there are specialty foods like murtilla chutney, rosehip jam, and jars of carica, a type of papaya found only in Chile ($7.99 $6.999, $5.50).
For those avoiding gluten (a type of protein found in foods processed from wheat and related grains), there is glutenfreepassport.com, a website that offers tips, travel language guides and gluten- and allergy-free apps.
And some say it's OK to swim, as long as you don't mind the odd nibble from the palometas, a type of piranha found in these parts.
An example is provided by the fynbos, a type of scrubland found between latitudes 32° and 34° S in southwestern South Africa.
