Australian rock-wallabies are "little Napoleons" when it comes to compensating for small size, packing much more punch into their bite than larger relatives.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2024
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Call this a dog-bites-almost-everyone story.
Veterinary medicine
Jul 31, 2023
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Dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity, but these differences don't always match up with the beliefs people—including veterinarians—hold about breed-specific pain sensitivity. The results appear in a new study from North ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 28, 2023
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Finland has analyzed test data to investigate how breeds differed in different cognitive and behavioral traits. In their paper published in Scientific Reports, ...
Dingoes might look like regular mutts, but in fact they're genetically in between wolves and dogs, according to a new study published Friday in Science Advances.
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Apr 22, 2022
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The routine is now a familiar one: Open the kit, swirl a swab around, put it in solution and wait impatiently for the results. Except this time it's not a test for COVID—it's a DNA test for dogs.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2022
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Clemson University researchers have discovered a genetic variation associated with an often deadly esophageal disorder frequently found in German shepherd dogs.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 10, 2022
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A Christie's auction of rare meteorites Wednesday sold a rock from space that narrowly missed a German Shepherd when it smashed into his kennel in Costa Rica.
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2022
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Does your dog understand you? All dogs are smart but some are uniquely gifted at learning words. According to a new study, just published in Royal Society Open Science, these gifted dogs can learn up to 12 new toy names in ...
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Oct 5, 2021
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German Shepherd Dogs (GSDs) could be predisposed to health conditions such as arthritis because of the way they have been bred in recent decades, according to a new study published in the open access journal Canine Genetics ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2017
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