Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a study published July 27, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Luise Ørsted Brandt of the University of Copenhagen ...
Archaeology
Jul 27, 2022
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Many of us try to repress the thought of them, while others have come to accept them. Whatever your take on parasites is, they can tell scientists a lot about ecology, health and the environment.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2022
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How we speak matters to animals. Horses, pigs and wild horses can distinguish between negative and positive sounds from their fellow species and near relatives, as well as from human speech, according to new research in behavioral ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2022
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The domestic cat is one of our most popular pets. In Norway alone, 5.4 million people own approximately 770,000 cats. But where do our four-legged friends go? The cat wants to go outside, you open the door, it leaves and ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2022
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Five factors, including human activity such as road accidents, affect the survival of injured or displaced wildlife, a comprehensive review finds.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2022
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A scientific team from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and Leipzig University conducted a comparative analysis of lipid profiles of sperm to obtain insights into their susceptibility to damaging ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2022
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Female chimpanzees are less likely than males to go near villages and farmland used by humans, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2022
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Plants need water to grow. So if there's water, shouldn't there be more plants? New research out of UC Santa Barbara and Mpala Research Centre in Laikipia, Kenya shows it's a lot more complicated than that.
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2021
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Rift Valley fever virus causes economically devastating outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in livestock such as sheep, goats and cattle. These mosquito-borne outbreaks lead to infection in people working with dead or dying animals, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 23, 2021
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37
New research has shed light on how an understanding of human emotions by man's best friend can help them predict our behavior and informs their decision making.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2021
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