Nov. 16, 2017 — A peptide only found in Old World monkeys has the potential to stop rheumatoid arthritis progression better than established treatments, new research ...
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Nov. 16, 2017 — Production timings for artificially propagated plants and animals could help flag items offered for sale before they should legally be ...
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Nov. 14, 2017 — Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by infection with the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, is the most devastating vertebrate disease on ...
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Nov. 13, 2017 — In Sweden and in other parts of Europe there are concerns that seals and birds compete with humans for fish resources. For the Baltic Sea, an international study now shows that this competition is a ...
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Nov. 13, 2017 — The European and Mediterranean species of the paper wasp genus Polistes were recently revised. For the first time for this group, scientists applied an integrative taxonomic approach which combines ...
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Nov. 9, 2017 — A massive, wolf-sized otter that lived about 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator in its time, according to a new analysis of the animal's jaws. When scientists used computers ...
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Nov. 9, 2017 — Fruit flies raised on a low protein diet early in life can live over twice as long as their ...
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Nov. 8, 2017 — A new study has documented shifts in Hawaiian bird abundance, breeding and molting based on climate-related changes to native vegetation. Researchers with the US Forest Service's Pacific ...
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Nov. 8, 2017 — The Goffin's cockatoo is not a specialized tool user in the wild but has shown the capacity to invent and use different types of tools in captivity. Now cognitive biologists have tested these ...
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Nov. 8, 2017 — Elephants are often blamed for extensive loss of woody vegetation in Northern Botswana, but study results suggest that this may not be the ...
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Nov. 8, 2017 — New research shows how canny baboons in Cape Town use a sit-and-wait tactic before raiding people's homes in search of ...
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Nov. 8, 2017 — Sheep can be trained to recognise human faces from photographic portraits -- and can even identify the picture of their handler without prior training -- according to new ...
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Nov. 7, 2017 — The delicately mannered dance between discerning eggs and vying sperm is more complicated than scientists once believed, and it may hold secrets about the evolution of new ...
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Nov. 7, 2017 — On 24th October 2017, the first group of nine kulan (Asiatic wild ass) was released into an acclimatization enclosure on the edge of the Altyn Dala protected area in central Kazakhstan. The animals ...
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Nov. 7, 2017 — Humans have learned to live together by solving most conflicts with compromises and rules, rather than aggression, but how did this evolve in the first place? And, is it true for animals as well? Can ...
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Nov. 7, 2017 — Fossils of the oldest mammals related to humankind have been discovered on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset in the UK. The two teeth are from small, rat-like creatures that lived 145 million years ago in ...
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Nov. 6, 2017 — When it comes to sex between plants, tiny bees the size of ladybugs play a critical role in promoting long-distance pairings. That's what scientists discovered after one of the most detailed ...
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Nov. 6, 2017 — An analysis of the incredibly diverse "lost world" of Caribbean fossils includes dozens of ancient mammals, a new study reports. The study reveals that the arrival of humans throughout the ...
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Nov. 6, 2017 — Ecologists are using a network of 'outdoor recording studios' to better monitor the subtropical Japanese island of ...
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Nov. 6, 2017 — Many animals rely on movement to find prey and avoid predators. Movement is also an essential component of the territorial displays of lizards, comprising tail, limb, head and whole-body ...
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