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Many Cats Unaffected By Catnip, C&EN Reports
August 8, 2005 — Have you ever met a cat that doesn't go crazy over catnip? Well, as it turns out, half of the cats in the world don't respond to it at all, according to the "What's That Stuff" column in the Aug. 1 ... > full story -
Multi-Species Genome Comparison Sheds New Light On Evolutionary Processes, Cancer Mutations
July 27, 2005 — An international team that includes researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has discovered that mammalian chromosomes ... > full story -
Genetic Studies Make Purrfect Sense: No Sweet Treats For Kitty
July 25, 2005 — Scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, in collaboration with scientists from the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, UK, report that a defect in a gene that codes for part of the mammalian ... > full story -
Size Matters: Preventing Large Mammal Extinction
July 22, 2005 — Saving large mammals such as elephants and rhino from extinction could be made more effective by focusing efforts on individual species as well as their ... > full story -
New Catfish Species Discovered
June 27, 2005 — Dr. John Lundberg of The Academy of Natural Sciences and a team of researchers from Mexico and the U.S. have discovered a new, rarely seen species of catfish representing an entirely new taxonomic ... > full story -
Siberian Tigers Hang Tough: Results Of Latest Survey Show Tiger Numbers In Russia Stable
June 20, 2005 — Results of the latest full range survey indicate that tiger numbers in Russia appear to be stable, say the coordinators of a 2005 winter effort to count the animals, led by the New York-based ... > full story -
Researchers Identify New Catfish Family
June 14, 2005 — New catfish family doesn't fit into patterns established in an area of diverse life in southern Mexico region. They've named the new family Lacantuniidae and named the species Lacantunia enigmatica. ... > full story -
Recovered King Of Beasts Returns To His Home, Thanks To Unique Operation
May 28, 2005 — Samson the lion from the Hai-Kef zoo in Rishon Lezion, Israel, who had undergone a brain operation -- unique in the world -- at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ... > full story -
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Study Finds Maternal Exposure To Parasitic Infection May Increase Risk Of Schizophrenia In Offspring
May 17, 2005 — A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests an association between maternal exposure to toxoplasmosis and increased risk for developing schizophrenia in adult children. The study, which ... > full story -
A Whole Lot Of Shaking Goin' On Triggers Early Hatching In Red-Eyed Tree Frogs
May 6, 2005 — What prompts the embryos of certain frogs to hatch early if shaken by a hungry reptile but not if buffeted by an outside force such as rain? According to biologist Karen Warkentin, it's a ... > full story
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