Camera traps reveal newly discovered biodiversity relationship
Data scientists analyze photos from 15 tropical rainforestsCredit: Daniel Gorczynski HOUSTON - (March 3, 2021) - In one of the ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
Researchers explore relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response
Credit: Andrew Mann, Virginia Tech. A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not ...
Researchers offer new insights on bird migration
Credit: Benjamin Metzger During their seasonal migration, birds typically travel between breeding and non-breeding grounds along migratory routes grouped into ...
Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest
Credit: National Park Service UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- By modeling wolves in Yellowstone National Park, researchers have discovered that how ...
Rarest seal breeding site discovered
Credit: SPOT/Monk Seal Project Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species. The ...
Behavior of wild capuchin monkeys can be identified by marks left on their tools
Scientists who study capuchin monkeys on a nature reserve in Brazil found that stone tools are used for digging, seed ...
Global warming poses threat to food chains
Credit: University of Exeter Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, ...
Wrasses dazzle: how fairy wrasses got their flamboyant colours
Coral reef fish diverged in 'evolutionary arms race' during last ice ageCredit: Yi-Kai Tea. With their exuberant colours, fiery personalities ...
Agents of food-borne zoonoses confirmed to parasitise newly-recorded in Thailand snails
Credit: Apiraksena K, Namchote S, Komsuwan J, and Krailas D. Parasitic flatworms known as agents of food-borne zoonoses were confirmed ...
A cat of all trades
Credit: Photo by Brutus Östling Large carnivores are generally sensitive to ecosystem changes because their specialized diet and position at ...
WHOI and NOAA fisheries release new North Atlantic right whale health assessment review
North Atlantic right whales are a critically endangered species with less than 366 left on the planetCredit: Photo: J. Durban, ...
Cryptic fleshy coat aids larvae in crawling on a moss carpet
"Fleshy lobes" in insect larvae are known as a tool for camouflage but it was found that they can also ...
Chimpanzees and humans share overlapping territories
Credit: E Bersacola and Kim Hockings / Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project Chimpanzees and humans "overlap" in their use of forests and ...
A-maze-ing pheasants have two ways of navigating
Credit: Pip Laker Pheasants fall into two groups in terms of how they find their way around - and the ...
Scientists describe earliest primate fossils
Credit: Andrey Atuchin A new study published Feb. 24 in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents the earliest-known fossil ...
Don’t focus on genetic diversity to save our species
Credit: Image by Philip Barrington from Pixabay. Scientists at the University of Adelaide have challenged the common assumption that genetic ...
Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model
Genetic follow-up on offspring of felines brought to island 30 years earlier validates population viability analysisCredit: Jim Jordan/Town of Kiawah ...
Parasites’ dispersal capacity and rates of genetic introgression–a study
Researchers analyse the relationship between the dispersal capacity of different species of parasites and their rates of genetic introgressionCredit: University ...
Songbirds’ reproductive success reduced by natural gas compressor noise
Novel research reveals bluebirds, tree swallows seemingly ignore noise at first; pay laterCredit: Julian Avery, Penn State Some songbirds are ...
Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus
Credit: Todd Amacker Conservation Photography, 2020 Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest ...
