The new position on veterinary scanning surveillance suggests opportunities to modernise and optimise...
UK Governments must work with the profession to modernise disease surveillance networks, say leading vets
The new position on veterinary scanning surveillance suggests opportunities to modernise and optimise...
Discovery of gene of extra chromosome boosts zebra finch biology
In the zebra finch, an extra chromosome exists in the reproductive, or germline, cells. (Songbirds have 40 chromosomes and 41 with the extra chromosome.) Known as the germline-restricted chromosome, its sequence is largely unknown and none of its genes have been identified, until now. Using sophisticated genome-sequencing techniques, American University researchers have identified the first...
World's rarest ape on the edge of extinction
In a new research article, a team of international researchers argue that the Tapanuli Orangutan -- a species discovered last year in Sumatra, Indonesia, and one of the rarest animals on the planet -- could lose its battle for survival, unless decisive steps are taken to rescue it.
"In forty years of research, I don't think...
Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition: Rat study
When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly alters the future, adult function of the brain, according to a new animal model study from the School of Science at IUPUI. These changes in the brain are similar to disturbances in brain structure and...
Crocodiles listen to classical music in MRI scanner
What happens in a crocodile's brain when it hears complex sounds? An international research team headed by Dr Felix Ströckens from the Department of Biopsychology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has provided the answer to this question. In a first, the researchers examined a cold-blooded reptile using functional MRI. They were thus able to determine that...