Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program August 19, 2020 - Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos
Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife ...
Songbirds, like people, sing better after warming up
A burst of song early in the morning may help birds nail their songs during the dayCredit: Photo by Robert ...
Northern white rhino rescue program resumes work with successful egg harvest
Credit: Rio/Ol Pejeta Conservancy/BioRescue After a hiatus of a few months owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the international team ...
Study shows how a single gene drives aggression in wild songbird
A rare look at how genomic divergence can lead to behavioral divergence in a vertebrateCredit: Photo by Jennifer Merritt A ...
Swans reserve aggression for each other
Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to fellow swans than other birds, new research shows. The study examined three swan ...
The larynx has evolved more rapidly in primates
Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...
Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears
Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...
Emerging infectious disease and challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals
A review ranging from frogs and wolves to lobsters, bats, and humansCredit: Kaeli Swift Humans are not the only social ...
Study shows inbreeding reduces cooperation in banded mongooses
Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchersCredit: Dr Hazel Nichols Inbreeding can reduce ...
Most close relatives of birds neared the potential for powered flight but few crossed its thresholds
Credit: Julius T Csotonyi / Michael Pittman. Uncertainties in the evolutionary tree of birds and their closest relatives have impeded ...
Study finds high levels of toxic pollutants in stranded dolphins and whales
Researchers examine 83 stranded dolphins and whales in North Carolina and FloridaCredit: Annie Page-Karjian A study led by researchers at ...
Long neck helped reptile hunt underwater
Credit: Emma Finley-Jacob Its neck was three times as long as its torso, but had only 13 extremely elongated vertebrae: ...
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 ...
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