Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This isn’t a repeat of last week’s roundup; another team of astronomers has found a second intermediate-mass black hole in the Milky Way, and I can’t help but point it out. They’re amazing! They may have formed in the early universe, comprise the seeds of supermassive black holes, and may have … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Animal sounds have seen a huge surge in research in recent decades. Advances in recording equipment and analysis techniques have led to new insights into animal behavior, population distribution, taxonomy, and anatomy. In a new study published in Ecology and evolutionWe show the limitations of one of the most common methods … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers studying antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli, the leading cause of human death due to antimicrobial resistance worldwide, have identified a mechanism in dogs that could render several classes of antibiotics ineffective. The article, published on July 16 in the magazine Applied and Environmental Microbiologyopens new avenues for therapies to treat both animals … Read more
Researchers have digitized the skulls of 431 dogs, cats, and wild relatives. The database can be used for educational and research purposes. Credit: Kálmán Czeibert ELTE Eötvös Loránd University houses the skulls of over 150 dog breeds and other animals. To make this unique collection accessible to all, researchers have digitized the skulls of 431 … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Naming a chicken, turkey, or pig and emphasizing its individual qualities can change children’s attitudes toward animals. It makes children perceive animals as more similar to humans. They will prefer to befriend animals rather than eat them, say researchers at SWPS University. Animals in children’s programs and stories are often depicted … Read more
Interactions between Japanese macaques and Sika deer. Credit: Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.011 Cooperative hunting, sharing resources, and using the same signals to communicate the same information: these are all examples of cultural sharing observed between distinct animal species. In an opinion piece published June 19 in the journal Trends in Ecology … Read more
Researchers from the Department of Ethology at ELTE in Budapest investigated whether pet pigs that are intensively socialized with humans form a mother-child-like attachment bond with their owners, similar to that of pet dogs. Credit: Paula Pérez Fraga Researchers from the Department of Ethology at ELTE in Budapest investigated whether intensively socialized pet pigs develop … Read more