Gazing at your dog can connect your brain with theirs, research shows

And some dogs have the same genetic mutation linked to autism in humans.

Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 • ~6 min

Gazing at your dog can connect your brains, research shows

And some dogs have the same genetic mutation linked to autism in humans.

Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 • ~6 min

The darker side of human rights for great apes

Plans to give great apes personhood are long overdue - but they could set back animal rights for other species.

Patricia MacCormack, Professor of Continental Philosophy, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2024 • ~7 min

Blue, green, gold: Why eyes of wild cats vary in color

Study traces iris diversity to gray-eyed ancestor

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 2, 2024 • ~7 min

An idea with legs

Research suggests the scuttling sea robin may serve as evolutionary model for trait development, including in humans

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Sept. 26, 2024 • ~7 min

Bees have irrational biases when choosing which flowers to feed on − just like human shoppers do

Context, perceptions and expectations affect the choices both bees and people make.

Claire Therese Hemingway, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 26, 2024 • ~6 min

Sharks and rays leap out of the water for many reasons, including feeding, courtship and communication

Breaching is one of the most spectacular behaviors among marine animals. A recent review shows that many shark and ray species breach, and identifies the most commonly hypothesized reasons.

A. Peter Klimley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis • conversation
Sept. 23, 2024 • ~6 min

Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved

Modern North American porcupines are at least twice the size of their southern cousins and have stronger jaws. But how long have they looked that way?

Natasha S. Vitek, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) • conversation
Sept. 20, 2024 • ~6 min

Monoclonal antibodies offer hope for tackling antimicrobial resistance

Monoclonal antibodies – treatments developed by cloning a cell that makes an antibody – could help provide an answer to the growing problem of antimicrobial

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 16, 2024 • ~6 min

Antibacterial discovery: how scavengers avoid infection and what we can learn from them

You might expect scavengers such as vultures to have a diet high in dangerous bacteria. Our study investigated what defences these animals have to help them stay healthy.

Vijitra Luang-In, Associate Professor of Biotechnology, Mahasarakham University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 • ~8 min

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