Concordia student maps global primate habitat endangered by climate change
Brogan Stewart demonstrates how territory home to hundreds of species of monkeys, apes and prosimians is being lost due to ...
Tag: Animal Research/Rights
Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction
Global study sheds new light on current species declines, past species extinctions, and disruptions to Earth's ecosystemsCredit: Trisha Atwood/Utah State ...
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led ...
Whale ‘snot’ reveals likely poor health during migration
Credit: Catharina Vendl Whale-watching season is delighting the viewing public along the east Australian coast but while it's a boon ...
A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation
A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation is essential to saving endangered species in the USACredit: Edward ...
Welfare concerns highlighted over ‘institutional hoarding’ of cats
Credit: Courtesy of Linda Jacobson/Toronto Humane Society The compulsive hoarding of animals is a poorly understood psychiatric disorder in people. ...
Helping to protect the most illegally trafficked mammals in the world
Researchers help wildlife crime investigators disrupt poachers and animal traffickers in an effort to bring them to justice.Credit: Credit: University ...
Red squirrels making comeback as return of pine marten spells bad news for invasive grey squirrel
NUI Galway study finds Ireland's native species recovering and returning to natural habitatsCredit: Poshey Aherne The number of red squirrels ...
New discovery of giant bipedal crocodile footprints in the cretaceous of Korea
CU Denver researcher Marin Lockley was a member of the team that found the well-preserved footprintsCredit: Anthony Romilio A new ...
Simple way of ‘listening’ to chicks could dramatically improve welfare
Credit: Katherine Herborn, University of Plymouth A simple and low-cost method of 'listening' to chicks may allow welfare issues to ...
Designing animal studies to improve research reproducibility and reduce animal use
Credit: Adrian Moser Animal experiments are typically conducted under highly standardized laboratory conditions. While standardization is meant to improve reproducibility ...
Fishing less could be a win for both lobstermen and endangered whales
Credit: (Image courtesy of EcoHealth Alliance, NOAA Permit #932-1905). A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals
According to a study of the biological foundations of music conducted in a mouse model by Alexandre Celma-Miralles, a researcher ...
Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
The extinction of threatened marine megafauna species could result in larger than expected losses in functional diversity, according to research ...