Flying foxes in SA exposed to zoonotic viruses
Credit: Photo by Craig Greer University of Adelaide researchers have found that South Australia's population of Grey-headed flying foxes, which ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
To climb like a gecko, robots need toes
Robot designers take heed: adjustable hairy toes help geckos run sideways along wallsCredit: Yi Song Robots with toes? Experiments suggest ...
Prehistoric sea creatures evolved pebble-shaped teeth to crush shellfish
CT scans of rounded teeth help explain how this order of marine reptiles took over the oceansCredit: Ryosuke Motani et ...
Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
Credit: Purdue University photo/Henry Legett Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they're ...
George Mason University Health College continues NSF funded study of coronaviruses
National Science Foundation grant enables Dr. Amira Roess to continue to investigate Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV2) and related coronavirusesCredit: ...
Bat ‘super immunity’ may explain how bats carry coronaviruses — USask study
Bat-virus adaptation may explain species spillover, researchers sayCredit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Yellow-legged gull adapts its annual lifecycle to human activities to get food
Opportunist species with great spread abilitiesCredit: Isabel Afán (EBD-CSIC) The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human ...
A drug proves effective in the treatment of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion in animals
Credit: University of Córdoba Ischemia is a disease that occurs when tissue stops receiving the vascular supply it needs. Though ...
Last supper: Fish use sharp barbs and spines to fight off hungry seals
Credit: David Hocking What price are you willing to pay for food? As humans, we face this challenge each time ...
Naked mole-rats need carbon dioxide to avoid seizures and here’s why
Credit: Roland Gockel African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and live ...
Tuning into dolphin chatter could boost conservation efforts
Tuning in to the signature 'whistles' of dolphins could prove a game-changer in being able to accurately track the movements ...
Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology
Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's ...
Virus genomes help to explain why a major livestock disease has re-emerged in Europe
Credit: Ciriaco Ligios Livestock diseases like bluetongue virus (BTV) can have devastating economic and health consequences, but their origins can ...
Rapid evolution in fish: genomic changes within a generation
Credit: University of Basel, Dario Moser Evolution is usually viewed as a slow process, with changes in traits emerging over ...
New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists
Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like ...
Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down
Credit: Photo by Henry Pollock, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When the tree fell that October in 2015, the ...
Following the insect meltdown, numbers of orb web spiders have drastically declined
Credit: Rainer Altenkamp The abundance of large orb web spiders in the Swiss midland has declined drastically over the last ...
Conservation research on lynx
Anti-oxidative enzymes are important for the longevity of the corpus luteum in lynxCredit: Iberian lynx Ex-Situ Conservation Programme Another piece ...
Coronaviruses and bats have been evolving together for millions of years
Different groups of bats have their own unique strains of coronavirusCredit: Olivà S. Noroalintseheno Lalarivoniaina Bats do a lot of ...
A rare snail living on wood is discovered in the Arctic ocean
Researchers have found a marine snail from the subclass Neomphaliones in a collection from the Soviet Arctic expeditions of the ...
