Tigers and other farmyard animals
With China breeding more tigers than the world’s entire wild population, a conservationist gives disturbing details of these “factory farms”.
New ’suicide’ molecule halts rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists have invented a novel way to halt and even reverse rheumatoid arthritis. They have developed an imitation of a suicide molecule that floats undetected into overactive immune cells responsible for the disease. Referred to as Casper the Gho…
Better Food Makes High-Latitude Animals Bigger
New solution to 163-year old puzzle?New research suggests that animals living at high latitudes grow better than their counterparts closer to the equator because higher-latitude vegetation is more nutritious.
Seabed Biodiversity Of The Straits Of Magellan And Drake Passage
A study of animals visible to the naked eye and living in and on the seabed – the ‘macrobenthos’ – of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage will help scientists understand the biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of the Magellanic region.&quo…
Dinosaurs’ Last Stand Found in China?
The largest dinosaur bone bed in the world may have been the glorious creatures’ last stand. Researchers say they can’t understand why so many animals gathered in what is today the city of Zhucheng to die. But some 15,000 bones …
Changes in body fluid odors indicate presence of lung cancer tumors
New animal research demonstrates that body fluid odors can be used to identify animals with lung cancer tumors. The findings set the stage for studies to identify potential diagnostic biomarkers in the urine of human lung cancer patients.
Research Sheds Light On Ancient Origin Of Bird Flight
The scientists argue that flight originated above, in the trees; such animals would have been glidersA joint team from the University of Kansas and Northeastern University in China says that it has settled the long-standing question of how bird flight …
Parasite spreads between animals, zookeepers
Study: This parasitic illness is not usually serious, but its presence at so many zoo, and among so many different species, shows the need for zoos to closely monitor the health of staff and animals.
How Animals Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field
UMass Medical School neurobiologists use transgenic fruit flies and monarch butterfly transgenes to help define magnetoreception mechanismBuilding on prior investigation into the biological mechanisms through which monarch butterflies are able to migra…
Researchers Study Bat Echolocation
3-D imaging differentiates how various bats generate biosonar signalsResearchers at The University of Western Ontario (Western) led an international and multi-disciplinary study that sheds new light on the way that bats echolocate. With echolocation, a…