Here be dragons: Analysis reveals new species in Smaug lizard group
Credit: Edward Stanley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R Tolkien's "The Hobbit," has a few living relatives. ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
All microgastrinae wasps from around the world finally together in a 1,089-page monograph
Credit: Dr. Jose Fernandez-Triana With 3,000 known species and thousands more left to describe, the wasps of the subfamily Microgastrinae ...
UM scientists play a direct role in identification of forests for protection in Borneo
Credit: Jedediah Brodie MISSOULA - An international team of researchers, including two from the University of Montana, are working to ...
Vibes before it bites: 10 types of defensive behaviour for the false coral snake
Credit: Mr. Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis In a recent paper in the open-access journal Neotropical Biology and Conservation, a group ...
Reanalysis of global amphibian crisis study finds important flaws
A reanalysis of a global amphibian disease study found the main conclusions lack evidence and are unreproducibleCredit: Photo by Max ...
Improving success of giraffe translocations
Credit: Wild Nature Institute Giraffes that are being translocated for conservation purposes should be moved in groups that contain at ...
We’re getting better at wildlife conservation, AI study of scientific abstracts suggests
Credit: © Monterey Bay Aquarium, photo by Jessica Fujii Researchers are using a kind of machine learning known as sentiment ...
Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea
A new twist added to decades of sea otter researchCredit: Joe Tomoleoni/USGS A parasite known only to be hosted in ...
Two hormones drive anemonefish fathering, aggression
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Two brain-signaling molecules control how anemonefish dads care for their young ...
Can traumatic memories be erased?
Environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic long-term memory in fliesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from ...
Human activity affects interactions between plants and seed-dispersing birds
Analysis of Atlantic Rainforest fragments shows how extinction of animal species, habitat loss and forest fragmentation affect networks of ecological ...
Hair in ‘stress’: Analyze with care
Common hormone analysis in animal hair can lead to overestimated cortisol levelsCredit: Jan Zwilling Similar to humans, wild animals' reaction ...
Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease
Credit: Carol Anne Nichols With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand ...
Newly confirmed biochemical mechanism in cells is key component of the anti-ageing program
Credit: Jan Zwilling Ageing is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are ageing very differently than others, even ...
Keeping cats indoors could blunt adverse effects to wildlife
Credit: Roland Kays Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware ...
Is intensive agriculture reducing mourning dove reproduction in the eastern US?
Credit: David Muñoz Populations of some common bird species, including the familiar Mourning Dove, have been on the decline for ...
Feeding wildlife can disrupt animal social structures
Credit: UGA A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and San Diego State University has found that the ...
Common feed ingredient tested safe in bulls
Credit: Dan Shike, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Cattle feeders choose distillers grains in feedlot diets as an inexpensive ...
Ship noise leaves crabs too stressed to hide from danger
Credit: Martin Stevens The ocean is getting too loud even for crabs. Normally, shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) can slowly change ...
VIDO-InterVac-led research team at USask awarded almost $1M to fight new coronavirus
Credit: Debra Marshall A University of Saskatchewan research team and collaborating scientists from across the country have been awarded almost ...
