Amazon mammals threatened by climate change
From jaguars and ocelots to anteaters and capybara, most land-based mammals living in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate ...
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Living on the edge: Small mammals in threatened, biodiverse hotspot hold clues for conservation
CHICAGO — Rapid deforestation in eastern Paraguay is changing the region’s subtropical ecosystems, creating a fragmented landscape of forest remnants. ...
Move over, mice: caterpillars could replace some mammals in the study of human disease
Rats and mice have been the backbone of biomedical research for decades — including research to understand cancer and pioneer ...
Corridors between Western U.S. national parks would greatly increase the persistence time of mammals
National parks are the backbone of conservation. Yet mounting evidence shows that many parks are too small to sustain long-term ...
Endangered mammals of Madagascar: Over 20 million years of evolution under threat
A new study reveals that it would take 3 million years to recover the number of species that went extinct ...
It would take 23 million years for evolution to replace Madagascar’s endangered mammals
In many ways, Madagascar is a biologist’s dream, a real-life experiment in how isolation on an island can spark evolution. ...
Study identifies key neurons that maintain body temperature at 37°C in mammals
A research group at Nagoya University in Japan has reported that a group of neurons, called EP3 neurons, in the ...
Mammals island-hopped from Australia to colonise the world
Australia, home to the most unusual animal species on the planet that defy imagination, can now lay claim to being ...
BioRescue produces primordial germ cells from northern white rhino stem cells – a world’s first for large mammals
In its race to advance assisted reproduction and stem cell associated technologies to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, ...
The secret lives of tropical mammals revealed by millions of wildlife photos
How animals spend their day; eating, sleeping, and moving, and when they do it, varies between species. The mechanisms behind ...
Large terrestrial mammals are more vulnerable to the acoustic impact of drones than to the visual impact
Large terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to the acoustic sounds of drones, technological systems which are increasingly used to study the ...
Novel sex-determination mechanism revealed in mammals
The Sox9 gene is upregulated in the absence of sex-determining Y chromosome and Sry gene in Amami spiny rat. Credit: ...
The evolution of Asia’s mammals was dictated by ancient climate change and rising mountains
The idea that climate change and geological events can shape evolution isn’t a new one: anyone who’s heard of dinosaurs ...
Skull variation reveals “attenuated evolution” of mammals across the Cenozoic
Mammal species diversified more rapidly early in their history – peaking roughly 66 million years ago – before a long-term ...
How cooling chemical compounds trigger cold sensation in mammals
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reveals how cold-sensing ion channels in mice activate to induce the frosty sensation caused by cooling chemical ...
Cameras candidly capture bushmeat mammals to avert crisis
Kyoto, Japan -- Bushmeat is not a vegan term but a commodity in crisis. With the decline of wildlife due ...
Mammals were not the first to be warm-blooded
Endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, is the ability of mammals and birds to produce their own body heat and control their body ...
Study explores coevolution of mammals and their lice
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely ...
Study: How placentas evolved in mammals
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones, ...
New study reveals impact of plastic on small mammals, as four out of seven species identified as ‘plastic positive’
Researchers investigating the exposure of small mammals to plastics in England and Wales have found traces in the faeces of ...
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Spotted lanternfly spreads by hitching a ride with humans
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Multi-state study reports COVID-19 mRNA vaccines protective during Omicron BA.4/BA.5 predominanc
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The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine presents four Next Generation Fellowship Awards at the 2023 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
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Genomic study of ancient humans sheds light on human evolution on the Tibetan Plateau
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New study from Japan shows SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious
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Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in the Bronze Age