River creature ‘with tiny scales buried beneath’ its skin discovered as new species
In a river of southern China, a “slender” creature with “tiny scales” under its skin paused to rest along the gravel riverbed. Its coloring helped it blend in, but not well enough. Nearby scientists ...
Wild video captures Amazon river dolphin urinate in the air nearby another dolphin
While urinating as a means to communicate or increase social bonding is not uncommon among animals, it is unusual for aquatic mammals.
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Wild Fish Can Tell Human Divers Apart Based on Their Outfits, Study Suggests
Using visual cues, including colors on wetsuits, seabream in the Mediterranean learned to identify researchers that would ...
Wild fish can recognize human divers
With more time, the fish may learn to pay attention to more subtle human features, such as hands or hair. According to the ...
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Vascular mural cells protect the adult brain from haemorrhage but do not control the blood-brain barrier in developing zebrafish
This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...
The wind may be partly to blame for bird flu spread between farms, a new study suggests
In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...
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Machine learning maps animal feeding operations to improve sustainability
Understanding where farm animals are raised is crucial for managing their environmental impacts and developing technological ...
63 Chihuahuas Found in 'Deplorable Conditions'—Then the Internet Stepped In
"This makes me so happy to know these animals are in a much better place now and are being taken care of properly," said one Facebook user.
Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels
Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...
6-Foot Shark Bites Off Woman’s Hands When She Tries to 'Engage with the Animal' and 'Take Photographs'
A woman was injured on vacation in Turks and Caicos while trying to 'take photographs' with a six-foot shark. One of the ...
Why You Should Never Knock Down Icicles Yourself—and What to Do Instead
Icicles hanging off your house and glistening in the sun might produce a gorgeous winter scene, but they can also cause ...
Tourist has both hands bitten off by 6ft shark after trying to get snap with animal
The attack comes after the Cayman Islands, 633 miles southwest of Turks and Caicos, issued a warning about feeding sharks ...