The secret life of microbes: Molecules in a deep-sea symbiosis
Bacteria in our environment can be difficult to study: They are tiny and often live under conditions hard to recreate…
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Covetrus to sell off animal health business, merge another with Spanish firm
Covetrus Inc. plans to sell off an animal diagnostics subsidiary and merge another business unit with a Spanish company to…
Ceva reveals finalist for Animal Welfare Awards
Ceva Animal Health has revealed its finalists for the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2020. The awards celebrate the achievements of…
Wasps’ gut microbes help them — and their offspring — survive pesticides
Exposure to the widely used pesticide atrazine leads to heritable changes in the gut microbiome of wasps, finds a study…
How ants get angry: Precise ‘lock and key’ process regulates aggression, acceptance
For most social animals, even humans, the ability to distinguish friend versus foe can be a challenge that often can…
Not-so-dirty birds? Not enough evidence to link wild birds to food-borne illness
When food makes people sick, some blame birds because they hang around farms, and their feces can contain E. coli, Salmonella…
Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate
Marine mammals like whales and seals usually communicate vocally using calls and whistles. But now a Monash University-led international study…
19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
Despite being “neotropical-forest-loving creatures,” some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, little did the…
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of Natural History sheds light on how and when changes…
MRI-based mapping of the squid brain
We are closer to understanding the incredible ability of squid to instantly camouflage themselves, thanks to research from The University…