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Pet rabbits require freedom to exercise: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pet rabbits have greater levels of the stress hormone corticosterone and show activity rebound when housed in small hutches with little exercise, according to a new study done by the University of Bristol Vet School. The RSPCA-funded study emphasises the need of allowing pairs of pet rabbit
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Large animals travel more slowly since they can't keep cool: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new study, an animal's travelling speed is limited by how effectively it sheds the excess heat generated by its muscles.
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Scientists make breakthrough by sequencing endangered sharks' genomes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It's a startling image that describes a milestone in conservation science for sharks. Professor Shivji, Professor Michael Stanhope and their collaborators have glanced back in history by sequencing to chromosome level the genomes (entire genetic blueprint) of great hammerhead and shortfin ma
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Mammoth DNA found in sediments likely came from long-dead animals: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Precisely when mammoths went extinct has fascinated paleontologists for generations, perhaps because their decline coincided with the arrival of people to North and South America.
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Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behaviour of animals and p
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 5 (ANI): The rhythms of activity in all biological organisms, both plants and animals, are closely linked to the gravitational tides created by the orbital mechanics of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. This truth has been somewhat neglected by scientific research but is
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Stem cells can use same method as plants, insects to protect against virus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a vital mechanism, previously thought to have disappeared as mammals evolved, that helps protect mammalian stem cells from RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus. The scientists suggest this could one day
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