Discoveries in Animal Sciences – Discoveries in Animal Sciences

Ducks Adjust the Penis Size, a Societal Need

by Editor in Birds 0

There are only two animals that adjust their penis according to environment or societal needs: the sessile hermaphroditic acorn barnacle, and the duck. Now a study published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances show that male ducks can grow [...]

Grudge-Holding Crows Pass on Their Anger to Family and Friends

5th May 2019 2

(First appeared at) What’s the News: A few years ago scientists learned that American crows can recognize and remember human faces, particularly faces they associate with bad experiences. Now, new research published in the Proceedings […]

Falcons maneuver best at rocket-speed

18th April 2018 1

Report published recently in showed that peregrine falcon maneuvers while in a high speed with great precise vision and control. More can be seen at highlights or the original research Image source

Social Values of Orphaned Elephants Question their Long-term Survival and Reproduction

25th August 2018 1

Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence of how the impacts of poaching cascade through elephant societies. The latest findings […]

Grudge-Holding Crows Pass on Their Anger to Family and Friends

5th May 2019 2

Falcons maneuver best at rocket-speed

18th April 2018 1

Report published recently in showed that peregrine falcon maneuvers while in a high speed with great precise vision and control. More can be seen at highlights or the original research Image source

Social Values of Orphaned Elephants Question their Long-term Survival and Reproduction

25th August 2018 1

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 [...]

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 […]

Strange cooperative courtship of lance-tailed manakins

12th May 2018 0

Using a newly identified and strange mean, manakins have been seen impressing their mates. This behaviour is impressive as well as novel societal way of livelihood. A comprehensive article cover the story.

Avian Intelligence

25th August 2018 1

More human jobs lost to AI – that is, Avian Intelligence. The Puy du Fou theme park in the west of France has hired six corvids to pick up litter. The rooks have been trained […]

Farm Microbes Can Safeguard Children from Asthma

17th June 2019 0

Children who grow up on farms have a lower risk of developing asthma, and now research published in Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0469-4 shows that may be due to microbes that can also be found in urban and […]

A symbiotic relationship between woodpeckers and fungi

5th May 2018 0

It has been proposed that birds spread fungi to new environment and in return fungi help woodpeckers to soften the tree which help them to dig in easier. An interesting story is shared at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2018/03/02/flashback-friday-woodpeckers-use-wood-eating-fungus-to-make-their-pecking-easier/#.Wu3tpRIrKu4

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