Diabetes can be detected in gut of cats
The cat is the only animal, aside from humans and primates, which spontaneously develops type 2 diabetes. Therefore, researchers are ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
Behavioural correlations of the domestication syndrome are decoupled in modern dog breeds
Scientists since Darwin have been intrigued by the simultaneous alteration of multiple morphological, physiological and behavioural traits across a wide ...
Understanding Amazonia’s mysterious ocelots
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Researchers conducted a 12-year study from 2010 to 2017 on ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian ...
Taking stock of Indonesia’s reef fishes
Credit: Fakhrizal Setiawan A research team estimated the natural stock of reef fishes from three regencies in the lesser Sunda-Banda ...
Counting the uncounted
Credit: WCS Though abundance is a fundamental measure in ecology and environmental management, detecting all individuals in a population is ...
Leopard coral grouper: Overexploited
Credit: Dhani Researchers measured the population stock in Saleh Bay, Indonesia of the commercially valuable leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), ...
Northeastern deer more susceptible to wasting disease than those to the west
Credit: Joe Kosack, Pennsylvania Game Commission Some deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease that is spreading through herds ...
Elasmobranches getting slammed
Credit: Benaya Simeon Elasmobranches - sharks, rays, and skates - are at an elevated risk of extinction due to overfishing, ...
Are penguins righties or lefties?
Credit: Julie larsen Maher/WCS Researchers in Punta Tombo, Argentina conducted a study to see whether Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) showed ...
Toxic metals found in reproductive organs of critically endangered eels
Mystery of shrinking population may be linked to eels devouring their own skeletonsCredit: Marko Freese. Thünen Institute for Fisheries Ecology ...
Study reveals potential new disease threats for wild snow leopards
Credit: Pixabay The first study to investigate disease threats to wild snow leopards has detected that exposure to infections may ...
To see how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch the prey, say researchers
Princeton's Rob Pringle leads a team to study predator-prey relations in the BahamasCredit: Jonathan Losos, Washington University (bottom right) and ...
Freshwater stingray venom varies according to sex and age
A study by the FAPESP-funded Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center shows that toxins produced by young female stingrays cause more ...
Analysis: World’s protected areas safeguard only a fraction of wildlife
Adequately resourced protected areas currently safeguard just 4-9% of terrestrial amphibians, birds, and mammalsCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (June ...
Human impact on the activities and social behaviour of urban capuchin monkeys
Credit: Janaína P. Back To better understand how primates modify their behaviour to adapt to the increasing presence of humans, ...
Frogs find refuge in elephant tracks
Study says pachyderm puddles are amphibian condosCredit: Steven Platt/WCS YANGON, Myanmar (June 4, 2019) - Frogs need elephants. That's what ...
‘Citizen scientists’ help track foxes, coyotes in urban areas
Credit: Photo courtesy UW Urban Canid Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As foxes and coyotes adapt to urban landscapes, the potential ...
Vulnerability to Ebola and Lassa fever can now be properly assessed
Identifying vulnerabilities to outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever is possible following new research from the University of Surrey and ...
Gene-edited chicken cells resist bird flu virus in the lab
Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to stop the bird flu virus from spreading in chicken cells grown in the lab. ...
An island haven for frogs in a sea of extinctions
An international team of researchers has a plan to keep New Guinea's frogs safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungusCredit: Stephen ...
