Discoveries in Animal Sciences – Discoveries in Animal Sciences

One million species threatened with extinction because of humans

by Editor in Wildlife 0

(CNN) One million of the planet’s eight million species are threatened with extinction by humans, scientists warned Monday in what is described as the most comprehensive assessment of global nature loss ever. Their landmark report paints [...]

Are bats sources of the novel Wuhan coronavirus epidemic?

1st February 2020 3

Autors: Emily Clayton and Muhammad Munir Molecular Virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster UK The novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak originating from Wuhan in China is now progressing further, with more than 9,000 […]

Secret to intelligence in parrots revealed

7th July 2018 1

Neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. The discovery is an example of convergent evolution between the brains of birds and primates, with the potential […]

Antiviral Nasal RNA Spray

15th April 2018 1

Designer RNA molecules delivered through the nose show early promise for treating West Nile fever, trials in mice show. No effective therapies exist for the illness caused by a mosquito-borne virus, which can invade the […]

Pets

Facial expression recognition tools to tell a dog’s mood

A study has been conducted on dog facial expression recognition using convolutional neural network (CNN), which is a representative algorithm [...]
Animal Diseases

Are bats sources of the novel Wuhan coronavirus epidemic?

Autors: Emily Clayton and Muhammad Munir Molecular Virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster UK The novel 2019 coronavirus [...]
Animal Diseases

Novel Vaccine To Protect Poultry from two Diseases Simultaneously is Generated.

“The approach is quick and highly successful in generating vaccines against multiple viruses of poultry health and economic importance”. Researchers [...]
Pets

Farm Microbes Can Safeguard Children from Asthma

Children who grow up on farms have a lower risk of developing asthma, and now research published in Nature Medicine, DOI: [...]
Birds

Most Beautiful Chickens on the Planet

Portraits of “Most Beautiful Chickens on the Planet” Capture Their Underrated Beauty If you were asked to name the most [...]

How to impress mates by Hammingbirds way

15th April 2018 0

In most North American hummingbirds, males court females by diving at them head on — but Costa’s hummingbirds (Calypte costae) perform their courtship dives off to the side. Researchers now find that this strategy allows […]

An Unusual Ritual of Chimpanzee

3rd June 2018 0

A group of archaeologists report in Scientific Reports that chimpanzees habitually bang and throw rocks against trees, or toss them into tree cavities, resulting in conspicuous stone accumulations at these sites. This represents the first record of […]

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