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Bumblebees balance pain perception with pursuit of food
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 27 (ANI): A new study discovered that bumblebees can modulate behavior to negotiate a trade-off between the perception of harmful stimuli and the pursuit of food. Mammals can modulate their responses to noxious stimuli, such that pain perception does not i
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Size of mammal ancestors' ear canals reveal when warm-bloodedness evolved
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Warm-bloodedness is a key mammal trait, but it's been a mystery when our ancestors evolved it. A new study points to an unlikely source for telling a fossil animal's body temperature: the size of tiny structures in their inner ears. The fluid in our ears beco
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Study finds new signalling molecule that boosts brown fat cells' energy co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], July 20 (ANI): Fat cells often store energy. However, energy is lost as heat in brown fat cells; as a result, brown fat acts as a biological heater. This mechanism is consequently present in most mammals. In adults, brown fat activation is positively correlated with cardiomet
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Study examines link between giraffe limb length and walking efficiency
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' (PNAS) on July 7, a study examines trade-offs between limb length and walking efficiency in giraffes. In many mammals, long, straight limbs confer a mechanical advantage that enhances sp
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Study: Changed gene expression after heart surgery extends cardiomyocyte r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study at the University of Alabama suggests that while lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals and humans. The ability to regenerate dead muscle tissue in mammalian hearts disappears just a few days after birth becau
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Scientists design app to protect endangered birds
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], April 21 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Queensland developed an app, to protect endangered birds that are at the stage of extinction around the world, by breaking down the language barriers between scientists.
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Trichy temple elephant Akila gets exclusive mud bath ground
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [Indaia], March 31 (ANI): With the onset of summer, Akila, the temple elephant, in Trichy city is being given a mud bath to ward off insect bites as well as help the mammal to regulate the normal body temperature.
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Mirror image biomolecule helps marine sea squirts lose their tails: Resear
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tsukuba [Japan], March 12 (ANI): A team, led by the University of Tsukuba, found that D-serine serves as a chemical signal that allows tissue migration in marine sea squirts when they lose their tails on transforming from tadpoles into their mature form.
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Study examines last day of dinosaurs
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], February 28 (ANI): Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years and yet, questions still surround as to how massive creatures like them became extinct to such an extent that not even a trace of them is left now. Scientists have been pondering and researching this f
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Study finds zoos might be able to improve lives of animals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Exeter [UK], January 27 (ANI): A recent study has found that zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals.
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Study finds lighted nets reduce bycatch of sharks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
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Shifting ocean closures best way to protect animals from accidental catch
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], January 18, (ANI): Accidentally trapping sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles and other animals in fishing gear has been one of the biggest barriers to making fisheries more sustainable around the world. Marine protected areas -- sections of the ocean set
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