Simulations reveal interplay between scent marking and disease spread
In a new mathematical model that bridges animal movement and disease spread, territorial behaviors decreased the severity of potential disease…
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Tiger snakes tell more about local wetlands’ pollution levels
Tiger snakes living in Perth’s urban wetlands are accumulating toxic heavy metals in their livers, suggesting that their habitats —…
Sea snakes have been adapting to see underwater for 15 million years
Sea snakes first entered the marine environment 15 million years ago and have been evolving ever since to survive in…
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it…
Human activity threatens vertebrate evolutionary history
A new study maps for the first time the evolutionary history of the world’s terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians, birds, mammals and…
‘Single pixel’ vision in fish helps scientists understand how humans can spot tiny details
Recently discovered ‘single-pixel vision’ in fish could help researchers understand how humans are able to spot tiny details in their…
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it…
CBD improves arthritis symptoms in dogs
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with Medterra CBD conducted the first scientific studies…
Loss of land-based vertebrates is accelerating
In 2015, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich coauthored a study declaring the world’s sixth mass extinction was underway. Five years later,…
Migratory secrets of recovering whale species
Scientists have discovered where a whale species that feeds around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia breeds during the winter…