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Jan. 9, 2023 Cats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers are studying cat locomotion to better ...
Sep. 22, 2021 A species of roundworm that is widely used in biological research can sense and respond to sound, despite having no ear-like ...
Oct. 26, 2023 An electric knifefish shimmies in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place -- to make sense of their surroundings. For the first time, scientists demonstrate ...
May 24, 2022 How stress is transmitted from one animal to another is the study topic of behavioral ecologists and collective behavior ...
Mar. 7, 2023 Researchers describe a new manner of detecting microbial infection that intercepts pathogen-derived signals of growth to assess the relative threat of virulent bacteria. A nuclear hormone receptor in ...
Mar. 23, 2021 Domestication has a consistent effect on the gut microbiota of animals and is similar to the effects of industrialisation in human populations, with ecological differences such as diet having a ...
July 18, 2022 Researchers have provided the first documentation that dogs' sense of smell is integrated with their vision and other unique parts of the brain, shedding new light on how dogs experience and ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Anoles are the scuba-diving champions of the lizard world, able to stay underwater for more than 16 minutes. For animals whose body temperature depends on the environment, time spent in a cool ...
Mar. 25, 2021 Rabbits and other hopping animals require a functional RORB gene to move around by jumping, according to a new ...
July 7, 2021 Dehydrated plant seeds can lay dormant for long periods -- over 1,000 years in some species -- before the availability of water can trigger germination. This protects the embryonic plant inside from ...