Many species have a specific mating season when living in their natural habitat. The young animals are usually born in spring when environmental conditions are optimal for their survival, while births at less favorable times such as the start of winter are thus avoided. Depending on whether seasonal reproduction is a strong characteristic of a...
Russian cuckoo invasion spells trouble for Alaskan birds
Common cuckoos and oriental cuckoos in eastern Russia appear to be expanding their breeding range into western Alaska, where songbirds are naive to the cuckoos' wily ways, researchers report. A new study suggests the North American birds could suffer significant losses if cuckoos become established in Alaska.
Like brown-headed cowbirds, cuckoos are "brood parasites," laying their...
New evidence that bullfrogs are to blame for deadly fungus outbreaks in western US
In the 1890s, settlers crossed the Rocky Mountains seeking new opportunities -- and bearing frogs. A new study coauthored by a San Francisco State University biology professor draws a link between that introduction of American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) to the western half of the United States with the spread of a fungus deadly to amphibians....
Racing can be fatal to horses
Intense exercise can be fatal to racehorses, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Prof. Peter Physick-Sheard and a team of researchers examined 1,713 cases of racehorse deaths from 2003 to 2015, and found racing was connected to some of the deaths.
"The study reveals parallels between mortality and the intensity of the overall management of...
UK Governments must work with the profession to modernise disease surveillance networks, say leading vets
04 May 2018
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The new position on veterinary scanning surveillance suggests opportunities to modernise and optimise...
