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Cornell Details Effect Of Pet Food Contaminant, Melamine
April 9, 2007 Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Donald Smith joined a panel of experts at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Washington, D.C., to announce that both Cornell and the FDA had ... > full story -
Changing Ocean Conditions Led To Decline In Alaska's Sea Lion Population
March 22, 2007 Scientists revealed that a sudden ocean climate change 30 years ago may be a leading factor in the decline of Alaska's endangered western stock of Steller sea ... > full story -
New Species Declared: Clouded Leopard On Borneo And Sumatra
March 15, 2007 Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat. The secretive rainforest animal was originally thought to be the same ... > full story -
Alien Predators Are More Dangerous Than Native Predators
March 14, 2007 Introduced predators such as foxes and cats are twice as deadly as native predators to Australia's unique native animals, says new research. The finding is the first confirmation of what has been a ... > full story -
Lifting Chinese Tiger Trade Ban A Death Sentence For Wild Tigers, Say Wildlife Experts
March 12, 2007 Any easing of the current Chinese ban on trading products made from tigers is likely a death sentence for the endangered cats, according to a new TRAFFIC report released today by World Wildlife Fund ... > full story -
In Iran, Cheetahs Collared For The First Time; Critically Endangered Animals To Be Tracked By Scientists
March 2, 2007 An international team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Iran has successfully fitted two Asiatic cheetahs with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars, marking the ... > full story -
Insights Into Osteosarcoma In Cats And Dogs May Improve Palliative Care
March 2, 2007 Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that a molecular pathway known to have a role in the progression of bone cancer in humans is also critical to the pathology of skeletal tumors in ... > full story -
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, If You Learned To: Study On Fear Responses Suggests New Understanding Of Anxiety Disorders
January 23, 2007 A new study on rats has identified a part of the brain's cortex that controls learned but not innate fear responses. The results suggest that hyperactivity in a region of the prefrontal cortex might ... > full story -
Lost Dogs Found More Often Than Lost Cats, Study Suggests
January 14, 2007 A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies. In one city in southwestern Ohio, researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, ... > full story -
Researcher Placing Eye Implants In Cats To Help Humans See
January 9, 2007 In "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Geordi La Forge is a blind character who can see through the assistance of special implants in his eyes. While the Star Trek character "lives" in the 24th ... > full story
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