AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease, which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~6 min

Vampire bats – look beyond the fangs and blood to see animal friendships and unique adaptations

A behavioral ecologist explains the reciprocal social relationships vampire bats maintain, in sickness and in health.

Sebastian Stockmaier, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Oct. 28, 2024 • ~10 min

Animals that are all black or all white have reputations based on superstition − biases that have real effects

What may be scariest about a spooky black cat is the way superstition and tradition shape people’s perceptions and biases about animals based only on their color.

Tyus Williams, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
Oct. 25, 2024 • ~8 min

Wild animals can experience trauma and adversity too − as ecologists, we came up with an index to track how it affects them

New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.

Xochitl Ortiz Ross, Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Oct. 21, 2024 • ~10 min

Big discovery about microscopic ‘water bears’

Bit of happenstance, second look at ancient fossils leads to new insights into evolution of tardigrade, one of most indestructible life forms on planet

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins – new research

8 million metric tons of plastic wind up in Earth’s oceans annually, where marine animals are exposed to this pollution and its potential health effects.

Miranda Dziobak, Instructor in Public Health, College of Charleston • conversation
Oct. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Aquaculture could harm animal welfare or protect it, depending on what species the farms raise

Many sea creatures lead complex, social lives in the wild and are likely to suffer in farmed conditions. But they aren’t mainstays of the aquaculture industry − yet.

Chiawen Chiang, Fish Behavior and Welfare Researcher and Lab Manager, New York University • conversation
Oct. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

The ‘bully cats’ bred to resemble American bully dogs and how fashion is creating mutant pet breeds

The mutant breed was created by crossing munchkin and sphynx cats.

Grace Carroll, Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
Oct. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

How whales and dolphins adapted for life on the water

Backbones of ocean-dwelling mammals evolved differently than those of species living closer to shore, study finds

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 15, 2024 • ~9 min

We tend to keep away from midges and – even when in swarms – they tend to keep away from each other

We’ve all found ourselves trying to avoid the swarms of midges that are so common in late summer. But as you try to avoid them, what you may not know is that they are equally keen to avoid each other…

Alex Dittrich, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Oct. 15, 2024 • ~5 min

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