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Many pet owners keen to have vegan pets
Mar 19, 2019 | 16:17 pmA growing number of pet owners is interested in feeding their pets plant-based diets.
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Mammals' unique arms started evolving before the dinosaurs existed
Mar 18, 2019 | 19:17 pmOne of the things that makes mammals special is our diverse forelimbs -- bat wings, whale flippers, gibbon arms, and cheetah legs have evolved to do different, specialized tasks. Scientists wanted to see where this mammalian trait started evolving, so[…]
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Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill, study finds
Mar 18, 2019 | 18:43 pmBromethalin, a common rat poison, is the agent responsible for a neurological disease that has sickened or killed birds from a popular flock of naturalized parrots that reside primarily in the Telegraph Hill area in north San Francisco, according to[…]
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Who should Fido fear? Depends on relationship
Mar 18, 2019 | 15:38 pmAs states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, researchers have found a correlation between the types of animal abuse committed and the perpetrator's relationship to an animal and its owner.
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Rukwa Rift Basin Project names new Cretaceous mammal from East African Rift System
Mar 18, 2019 | 14:24 pmResearchers announced a new species of mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs, representing the most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of continental Africa, and providing tantalizing insights into the past diversity of mammals on the planet.
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World's oldest semen still viable
Mar 17, 2019 | 19:04 pmRam semen stored for 50 years has been used to successfully impregnate 34 ewes, with fertility rates as high as recently stored semen.
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Tracking turtles with telemetry
Mar 14, 2019 | 19:16 pmA new model has been created that can forecast the location of Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles along the coast of Central and South America in an effort to decrease bycatch mortality of this critically endangered and ecologically important species.
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Study uncovers genetic switches that control process of whole-body regeneration
Mar 14, 2019 | 19:15 pmResearchers are shedding new light on how animals perform whole-body regeneration, and uncovered a number of DNA switches that appear to control genes used in the process.
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Wild African ape reactions to novel camera traps
Mar 14, 2019 | 15:10 pmAn international team of researchers analyzed video from remote camera-trap devices placed in ape-populated forests throughout Africa to see how wild apes would react to these unfamiliar objects. Responses varied by species, and even among individuals within the same species,[…]
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As uniform as cloned soldiers, new spiders were named after the Stormtroopers in Star Wars
Mar 14, 2019 | 15:10 pmDespite being widely distributed across north and central South America, the small family of similarly looking bald-legged spiders had never been confirmed in Colombia. However, a new research paper describes a total of six previously unknown species inhabiting the country,[…]
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