Save Our Seas Foundation announces a record 61 grants for 2021

The Save our Seas Foundation is celebrating an overwhelming number of applications and awards. This heralds a hopeful new cohort of ocean conservationists, young scientists and local initiatives being supported to make a positive change for our planet.

Tuckered out: Early Antarctic explorers underfed their dogs

It’s one of the iconic images of early Antarctic exploration: the heroic explorer sledging across the icy wastes towed by his trusty team of canine companions. But new research analysing a century-old dog biscuit suggests the animals in this picture…

UM research suggests social factors important for human-wildlife coexistence

MISSOULA – In bear country, it’s normal to find bruins munching down on temptations left out by humans – from a backyard apple tree to leftovers in the trash bin – but these encounters can cause trouble for humans and…

Development of microsatellite markers for censusing of endangered rhinoceros

Today, the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 individuals surviving in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. To ensure survival of the threatened species, accurate censusing is necessary to determine the genetic diversity…

IIVS to collaborate with RIFM to develop non-animal technologies for respiratory allergy

The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) and the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) announce a collaboration to develop a non-animal ( in vitro ) test designed to assess potential respiratory allergens. Environmental, consumer, or workplace exposure to respiratory…

New study links protein causing Alzheimer’s disease with common sight loss

Newly published research has revealed a close link between proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease and age-related sight loss. The findings could open the way to new treatments for patients with deteriorating vision and through this study, the scientists believe they…

Venom-extraction and exotic pet trade may hasten the extinction of scorpions

An article published by the researchers of the Biodiversity Unit at the University of Turku, Finland, highlights how amateur venom-extraction business is threatening scorpion species. Sustainably produced scorpion venoms are important, for example, in the pharmacological industry. However, in the…

Silky sharks find hope in Atlantic, remain targets in Indo-Pacific

p>New research shows that conservation efforts in the Atlantic Ocean may be working for one of the most popular — and endangered — species that ends up in the global shark fin trade. Diego Cardeñosa — an FIU postdoctoral researcher…

Optimal horse racing speed pinpointed by mathematical analysis

Article Title: “Optimal speed in Thoroughbred horse racing” Funding: QM funder: LabEx AMIES (ANR-10-LABX-0002-01) of Université Grenoble Alpes no grant number, program PEPS https:/ / www. agence-maths-entreprises. fr/ . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and…