Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration in rats
A recently released study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the…
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Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innate
Dogs were the first domesticated animal, with humans and dogs sharing more than 40,000 years of social interactions and life…
New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
A new study co-led by researchers in the U.S. and China has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect…
INTRICATE LIVER SHUNT SURGERY AT WILLOWS SAVES DOG’S LIFE
Specialists from one of the country’s leading veterinary referral centres worked together to carry out pioneering minimally-invasive liver shunt surgery…
Are humans changing animal genetic diversity worldwide?
Human population density and land use is causing changes in animal genetic diversity, according to researchers at McGill University. The…
Underwater grandmothers reveal big population of lethal sea snakes
A group of snorkelling grandmothers is helping scientists better understand marine ecology by photographing venomous sea snakes in waters off…
Researchers uncover novel amyloidosis
A collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has discovered a novel amyloid protein…
Discovery in monkeys could lead to treatment for blindness-causing syndrome
A genetic mutation that leads to a rare, but devastating blindness-causing syndrome has been discovered in monkeys for the first…
Crabs can solve and remember their way around a maze
A new Swansea University study has revealed how common shore crabs can navigate their way around a complex maze and…
Dolphins demonstrate coordinated cooperation
Researchers investigated the cooperative abilities of dolphins. Utilizing a simplified Hirata Task, the team found that dolphins coordinated their behavior…