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Tag: ZOOLOGY/VETERINARY SCIENCE
Deep and extreme: Microbes thrive in transition
A diverse microbial community has adapted to an extremely salty environment deep in the Red Sea. The microbes, many unknown to science, occupy a one-meter-thick area overlying the Suakin Deep, an expansive 80-meter-deep brine lake, 2,771 meters below the central…
Endangered wallaby population bounces back after ferals fenced out
A population of bridled nailtail wallabies in Queensland has been brought back from the brink of extinction after conservation scientists led by UNSW Sydney successfully trialled an intervention technique never before used on land-based mammals. Using a method known as…
Pandemic paleo: A wayward skull, at-home fossil analyses, a first for Antarctic amphibians
Paleontologists had to adjust to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many had to postpone fossil excavations, temporarily close museums and teach the next generation of fossil hunters virtually instead of in person. But at least parts of the show…
Young orangutans have sex-specific role models
Orangutans are closely related to humans. And yet, they are much less sociable than other species of great apes.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History expands role of planetariums with software update
New tools allow planetarium users to teach beyond the stars
Surveillance turns up new coronavirus threat to humans
Malaysian pneumonia cases reveal possible dog-to-human transmission
Influence of anesthetics of neonatal rat brain
A neurobiological study by young scientists of KFU appeared in Scientific Reports
Young orangutans have sex-specific role models
Orangutans are closely related to humans. And yet, they are much less sociable than other species of great apes. Previous studies have showed that young orangutans mainly acquire their knowledge and skills from their mothers and other conspecifics. Social learning…
Recruiting participants to the first European Red list of insect taxonomists
Contributors will enable the EU to take action to plug in the essential scientific knowledge to address insect declines
Palm oil plantations change the social behavior of macaques
Researchers spent months observing groups of southern pig-tailed macaques
European colonists may have driven the extinction of 50-70% of snakes and lizards on the Guadeloupe
Large-scale reptile extinctions following European colonization of the Guadeloupe Islands
Monitoring species condemned to extinction may help save others as global temperatures rise
The White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni, are living in ‘climatic lifeboats’ with their tiny ranges restricted on all sides by temperature and rainfall patterns. Even under moderate climate warming, models predict a severe loss of suitable…
Pets and their owners diet together, new study finds
International study examines why pet owners choose grain-free food
‘Alien’ plants could pose risk to fruit bats
Critically endangered species may face nutritional threat
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance study finds topography is key factor in where Andean bears mothers make their dens
New findings about critical resources needed for this vulnerable species could help bears thrive near people
New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormous
Largest-ever study of artificial insemination in sharks–and the occasional ‘virgin birth’
It’s a tough time to be a shark. Pollution, industrialized fishing, and climate change threaten marine life, and the populations of many top ocean predators have declined in recent years.
Conservationists concerned about illegal hunting and exploitation of porcupines in Indonesia
Porcupines are frequently traded across Asia, and Indonesia, home to five species, is no exception.
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.
Light pollution at night affects the calls of migratory birds
When investigators in the UK recorded the calls of migratory birds called thrushes at night, they found that call rates were up to five times higher over the brightest urban areas compared with darker villages. The findings, which are published…
The secret life of bee signals can communicate colony health
Recording the electrostatic energy of honeybee hives offers a ‘canary in the coalmine’ look into ecosystem threats and environmental conditions
Young people and adolescents know too little about pathogens such as COVID-19
Which are reciprocally transmitted from animals to humans
Cayman Islands sea turtles back from the brink
Sea turtles in the Cayman Islands are recovering from the brink of local extinction, new research shows. Monitoring from 1998-2019 shows loggerhead and green turtle nest numbers increased dramatically, though hawksbill turtle nest numbers remain low. In the first counts…
Petco Love, Blue Buffalo Company give Morris Animal Foundation $100K for cancer research
DENVER/May 4, 2021 – Petco Love (formerly Petco Foundation) and Blue Buffalo are once again partnering to award a $100,000 grant to Morris Animal Foundation to support pet cancer research. Since 2006, Petco Love, in partnership with Blue Buffalo, has…
Snakeskin can inspire to safer buildings
New research shows that it might be a good idea to look for inspiration in nature when designing load-bearing foundations for buildings.
An animal able to regenerate all of its organs even when it is dissected into three parts
A surprising discovery in the Gulf of Eilat
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…
Mating with relatives? Not a big deal in nature
We usually assume that inbreeding is bad and should be avoided under all circumstances. But new research performed by researchers at Stockholm University, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution , shows that there is little support for this assumption. The…
Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s
Museum collections reveal the history of mic
Human antibiotic use threatens endangered wild chimpanzees
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria getting into watershed
How does a nose evolve into a blowhole? Study suggests there’s more than one way
Toothed and baleen whales show different patterns of blowhole development
Genome sequencing delivers hope and warning for the survival of the Sumatran rhinoceros
A study led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm shows that the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros display surprisingly low levels of inbreeding.
How did dinosaurs deliver bone-crushing bites? By keeping a stiff lower jaw.
New research addresses longstanding mystery on the anatomy of the Tyrannosaurus rex jaw
Climate change impacts conservation sites across the Americas
A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, despite a predicted shift in key species distributions.
Travel paths of primates show how their minds work
How primates get from A to B gives vital information about their cognitive evolution, say researchers in a new study looking at the travel paths of animals in the wild.
Climate change impacts conservation sites across the Americas
A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, despite a predicted shift in key species distributions. New research, led by Durham University and published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution…
Flexible diet may help leaf-eating lemurs resist deforestation
Digestive genes and anatomy are adapted to tough leaves, fruit and even pine needles
Announcing the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award Winners
WASHINGTON, D.C. — BioOne ( about.BioOne.org ) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award . These five early-career bioscience researchers successfully advanced through a rigorous competition with their peers. BioOne honors these scholars for their…
Chronic stress may reduce lifespan in wild baboons, according to new multi-decadal study
Glucocorticoid exposure predicts survival in female baboons
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna
Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer and autumn months.
Crucial action needed for coral reefs
An international group of scientific experts co-directed by CNRS oceanographer Jean-Pierre Gattuso* has stated the requirements for coral reef survival in an article published in Biological Conservation . Over 500 million people rely on coral reefs for the protection they…
Clemson researchers find snake venom complexity is driven by prey diet
Diversity in diet plays a role in the complexity of venom in pit vipers such as rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths. But new collaborative research by Clemson University scientists found the number of prey species a snake ate did not drive…
Earth’s biggest mass extinction took ten times longer on land than in the water
Our planet’s worst mass extinction event happened 252 million years ago when massive volcanic eruptions caused catastrophic climate change. The vast majority of animal species went extinct, and when the dust settled, the planet entered the early days of the…
Tarantula’s ubiquity traced back to the cretaceous
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people don’t know is that tarantulas are homebodies. Females and their young rarely leave their burrows…
Snake species from different terrains surrender surface secrets behind slithering success
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2021 — Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide across water. Today, scientists report that the surface chemistry of snake scales varies among species that negotiate these different…
Poop core records 4,300 years of bat diet and environment
An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica’s climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guano
Gut bacteria “talk” to horse’s cells to improve their athletic performance
Study linking gut bacteria to more efficient energy generation in the cells of horses paves the way for dietary supplements that enhance their performance
After Hurricane Maria, rhesus macaques in Puerto Rico sought out new social relationships
Natural disasters have a way of bringing people together to rebuild. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on April 8 have found that the same is true for rhesus macaques. The study reports that after a major hurricane…
We don’t know how most mammals will respond to climate change, warn scientists
A new scientific review has found there are significant gaps in our knowledge of how mammal populations are responding to climate change, particularly in regions most sensitive to climate change. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal…