More than 2 million people flock to Georgia Aquarium annually to see Ocean Voyager Built by Home Depot, the largest salt water habitat in the United States and home to whale sharks, the world's largest fish. But for microbiologists at Georgia Tech, the most significant attraction within this 6.3-million-gallon environment of aquatic life is the...
Killer whale genetics raise inbreeding questions
A new genetic analysis of Southern Resident killer whales found that two male whales fathered more than half of the calves born since 1990 that scientists have samples from, a sign of inbreeding in the small killer whale population that frequents Washington's Salish Sea and Puget Sound.
Only about 26 of the 76 endangered whales in...
UK’s leading veterinary body debunks link between canine autism and vaccination
24 April 2018
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Vets stressed that no reliable scientific evidence currently existed to indicate autism in...
UK’s leading veterinary body debunks link between canine autism and vaccination
24 April 2018
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Vets stressed that no reliable scientific evidence currently existed to indicate autism in...
Hungry birds as climate change drives food 'mismatch'
Warmer springs create a "mismatch" where hungry chicks hatch too late to feast on abundant caterpillars, new research shows.
With continued spring warming expected due to climate change, scientists say hatching of forest birds will be "increasingly mismatched" with peaks in caterpillar numbers.
The researchers, from the RSPB and the universities of Exeter and Edinburgh, used data...
'Environmental DNA' used to identify killer whales in Puget Sound
When endangered killer whales swim through the sheltered waters of Puget Sound, they leave behind traces of "environmental DNA" that researchers can detect as much as two hours later, a new study has found.
The findings, published today in the journal Frontiers, are surprising and significant. They not only provide a new non-invasive way to study...