Antibiotics in animals: More research urgently needed
Credit: Animal Health Research Reviews A special issue of Animal Health Research Reviews turns the spotlight on the science underlying ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
A better pregnancy test for whales
New measurements will help biologists understand a changing oceanCredit: Sally Mizroch (NOAA) It's not easy to do pregnancy tests on ...
Himalayan wolf discovered to be a unique wolf adapted to harsh high altitude life
Himalayan wolf found to be characteristically adapted to the harsh life in the Asian high altitudesCredit: Geraldine Werhahn The Himalayan ...
New study results consistent with dog domestication during ice age
A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech RepublicCredit: Peter Ungar ...
Global relationships that determine bird diversity on islands uncovered
Credit: Christophe Thebaud The study, a collection of molecular data from bird species found across 41 oceanic archipelagos, reveals how ...
Road salt harmful to native amphibians, new research shows
Credit: George Meindl BINGHAMTON, N.Y. ? The combined effects of chemical contamination by road salt and invasive species can harm ...
How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
Credit: Terry Ord A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations - adaptations that bring new ...
USask study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids
Credit: Jose Andres The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs--highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in ...
Adolescent male chimps still need their mamas
A chimpanzee mom's continued presence through her son's tween and teen years boosts his odds of survival later in lifeCredit: ...
How learning about fish can help us save the Amazon rainforest
High fish diversity is a good indicator of forest healthCredit: Courtesy of Lesley de Souza, Field Museum. Think of the ...
For evolutionary study finds rare bats in decline, CCNY research
Credit: Photo credit: Skanda de Saram. A study led by Susan Tsang, a former Fulbright Research Fellow from The City ...
Scientists finally figure out how millipedes actually do it
High-tech imaging under UV light shows which parts go where when millipedes mateCredit: Stephanie Ware, Field Museum Scientists have a ...
Very tough and essential for survival
Biologists from Bayreuth investigate the role of the largest of all animal brain cellsCredit: Photo: Christian Wißler. The brains of ...
Study: One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years
University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by ...
Anatomical details of rare electric fish revealed by an advanced imaging technique
Thanks to the use of high-resolution microcomputed tomography, a cross-border research collaboration was able to study the only three known ...
Bush-crickets’ ears unlock the science to developing revolutionary hearing sensors
Credit: Dr Thorin Jonsson New research has found that bush-crickets' ear canals have evolved to work in the same way ...
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humansCredit: Photo courtesy of Linfa Wang, Duke ...
Scientists resurrect mammoth’s broken genes
The research builds on evidence that the last mammoths on a lonely Arctic island suffered from a variety of genetic ...
East African fish in need of recovery
Coastal fish stocks declining in Kenya, Tanzania, and MozambiqueCredit: T. McClanahan A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered ...
An invasive flatworm from Argentina, Obama nungara, found across France and Europe
Citizen science reveals the presence of the flatworms in gardens in three quarters of metropolitan FranceCredit: Photo by Pierre Gros ...
