One in four puppies in the UK may be being acquired before the recommended minimum age—a figure that is considerably higher than what has been reported before—suggests research published in the latest edition of Vet Record.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 6, 2020
0
16
Experiencing the death of a child is seen as a violation of "the natural order." And yet, despite global health gains, such deaths remain prevalent in many poor countries and regions around the world. But just how often do ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2020
2
184
The human body contains trillions of cells, all derived from a single cell, or zygote, made by the fusion of an egg and a sperm. That single cell contains all the genetic information needed to develop into a human, and passes ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2013
0
0
Women and men experience a 'large divergence' in their career paths in the years following childbirth, according to a study following more than 3,500 new parents.
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2019
0
6
A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which pups are their own, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2021
1
593
Mother birds communicate with their developing chicks before they even hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research by a team from the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2010
0
0
Australian zookeepers Tuesday said they had successfully fostered an orphaned tree kangaroo with a surrogate wallaby in a rare case after its mother was crushed by a branch.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2015
0
66
A 13-year-old dolphin was Saturday being transported to an ocean pen off a South Korean island for training to prepare it for release back into the wild after four years in a Seoul zoo, officials said.
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2013
0
0
Do you celebrate your birthday in the same month as your mother? If so, you are not alone. The phenomenon occurs more commonly than expected, a new study of millions of families has revealed.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
0
51
Many social animals share child-rearing duties, but research publishing May 20 in the journal Current Biology finds that bonobo moms go the extra step and actually take action to ensure their sons will become fathers. From ...
Plants & Animals
May 20, 2019
0
641
