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Ecology Jul 29, 2024

The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. In clear, deep blue water, thousands of creatures—fish, hammerhead sharks, marine ...

Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2024

Study shows chickens use flushed skin and feather fluffing to display different emotions, levels of excitement

Hens fluff their head feathers and blush to express different emotions and levels of excitement, according to a study published July 24, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Cécile Arnould and colleagues from INRAE ...

Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2024

Russia's war in Ukraine has been devastating for animals—but they've also given the nation reason for hope

Russia's war in Ukraine has caused immense suffering to the civilian population. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed, though an exact figure is impossible to know. Russia's aggression has also sparked the biggest ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 24, 2024

Blue light could kill at least 99% of bacteria linked to dog ear infections, new research shows

New research from the University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham has highlighted that blue light has the ability to kill antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria isolated from ear infections in dogs.

Plants & Animals Jul 24, 2024

Wild raccoons are flexible learners, puzzle box study shows

A team of zoologists and cognitive ecologists at the University of Wyoming has found that wild raccoons are flexible learners. In their research project, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...

Plants & Animals Jul 22, 2024

Smell of human stress can affect dogs' emotions, leading them to make more pessimistic choices

Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessimistic' choices, new research finds. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Scientific Reports on 22 July, is ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jul 21, 2024

New genetic test can help eliminate a form of inherited blindness in dogs

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a group of inherited diseases that causes progressive degeneration of the light sensitive cells at the back of the eye. Dogs with PRA have normal sight at birth, but by the age of four ...

Other Jul 20, 2024

Saturday Citations: Scientists study monkey faces and cat bellies; another intermediate black hole in the Milky Way

This is not a rerun of last week's roundup; another group of astronomers found a second intermediate-mass black hole in the Milky Way and I can't avoid highlighting it. They're cool! They may have formed in the primordial ...

Veterinary medicine Jul 19, 2024

'Diagnose, treat and prevent:' Scientists develop test and vaccine for common veterinary infection

Eight years after the market release of VANGUARD crLyme, a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to prevent Lyme disease in dogs, the Marconi laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Virginia Commonwealth ...

Plants & Animals Jul 18, 2024

Five ways to keep your pets cool when the weather's hot

When summer arrives in the UK, it seems to appear suddenly. One day we can be wrapped up cozy winter woolies—the next we are panic buying fans and ice lollies.

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