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Study finds fish rubbing up against their predators — sharks

While rubbing up against a shark sounds like a risky move if you're a fish, a collaborative research team led by the University of Miami (UM) Shark Research and Conse...

8 November 2021 news fish | Predator

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Researchers must assume responsibility for halting the global bee decline, experts urge

"Insect and pollinator decline constitutes a pressing societal challenge that requires attention and action now. What is at stake is nothing less than the world's eco...

8 November 2021 news bee | global bee decline

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These hips don’t lie: 3D imaging of a pelvis suggests social care for saber-tooths

You can't spell 'Smilodon fatalis' without 'fatal', but researchers at La Brea Tar Pits may have found a softer side to saber-toothed cats along with a connection to ...

1 November 2021 news 3D imaging | animal

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Sending up the bat signal on forest use by endangered species

Deep in an Indiana forest, a team of scientists skulked atop hillsides after dark. Carrying radios and antennas, they fanned out, positioning themselves on opposite r...

1 November 2021 news animal | animal health

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The early bird gets…the truffle? Birds hunt for fungi, too

Humans like truffles, as do many mammals. Now new evidence suggests that birds may also seek out and disperse these ecologically important fungi. A study conducted...

1 November 2021 news animal | animal health

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Tiny pterosaurs dominated Cretaceous skies

The newly hatched juveniles of large and gigantic pterosaurs likely outcompeted other smaller adult pterosaur species to dominate the Late Cretaceous period around 10...

1 November 2021 news animal | animal health

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Colorblind fish show experts how vision evolved

After decades of studying color vision in mice, new research in zebrafish has allowed experts at the University of Tokyo to uncover how some animals regulate their ab...

11 October 2021 news animal health | Colorblind

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New guidance for companion animal establishments and inspections

New guidance for companion animal establishments and their inspection has been published following six years of research and development by an international team of l...

16 July 2018 news animal | companion

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Antibiotic award for research group

University of Bristol Veterinary School’s AMR Force wins in the third Antibiotic Guardian Awards run by Public Health England. A University of Bristol research group...

9 July 2018 news antibiotic | award

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Welfare risk as owners fail to research pre-pet purchase

The 2018 PDSA Animal Wellbeing PAW report reveals “quite shocking” number of owners did not undertake research before taking on a pet. Almost one in four UK pet owner...

18 June 2018 news fail | owners

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