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More Fat, Less Protein Improves Canine Olfactory Abilities
March 27, 2013 — From sniffing out bombs and weapons to uncovering criminal evidence, dogs can help save lives and keep the peace. Now, researchers have uncovered how to improve dogs' smelling skills through diet, by ... > full story -
Pavlov Inverted: Reward Linked to Image Is Enough to Activate Brain's Visual Cortex
March 21, 2013 — Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes enough to alter the activity in the monkeys' visual ... > full story -
How Does the Price of Cheese Influence Perceptions of Wolves?
March 20, 2013 — Relationships between humans and wolves are often linked to conflicts with livestock breeding activities. Contrary to a widespread belief among western environmentalists, these conflicts don’t ... > full story -
Five-Million-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Cat in Newly Discovered Genus Discovered in Florida
March 14, 2013 — A new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been discovered in Polk County, Florida. The 5-million-year-old fossils belong to the same lineage as the famous Smilodon fatalis from the La ... > full story -
European Invader Outcompetes Canadian Plants Even Outside Its Usual Temperature Range
March 12, 2013 — Vincetoxicum rossicum, commonly known as dog-strangling vine, is an alien invasive plant from the Ukraine and southwestern Russia that has now established itself in the northeastern United States and ... > full story -
Hope for Threatened Tasmanian Devils
March 11, 2013 — New research paves the way for the development of a vaccine for the Tasmanian devil, currently on the brink of extinction because of a contagious ... > full story -
Prairie Dogs Disperse When All Close Kin Have Disappeared
March 7, 2013 — Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory -- a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any ... > full story -
Siberian Fossil Revealed to Be One of the Oldest Known Domestic Dogs
March 6, 2013 — Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern ... > full story -
Children With Autism Show Increased Positive Social Behaviors When Animals Are Present
February 27, 2013 — The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders, according to new ... > full story -
New Insight Into Dogs' Fear Responses to Noise
February 19, 2013 — A study has gained new insight into domestic dogs' fear responses to noises. The study provides an important insight into dogs' fear of noises, and could improve our understanding of behavioral signs ... > full story
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