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Ant resembles to human while responding to social isolation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 8 (ANI): Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz has revealed alterations to the social and hygienic behaviour of ants that had been isolated from their grou
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Key brain molecule may play role in many brain disorders, suggests study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): A team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine, have identified a molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to those se
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'Runway Roadkill' rapidly increasing at airports across the world: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): From giraffes to the world's smallest mammals, the world's wildlife is being increasingly struck by aircraft, a global study finds.
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Actor Dave Bautista offers reward of USD 20,000 to find person who etched
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Dave Bautista has offered a reward of USD 20,000 for information on the person who wrote 'TRUMP' on the back of a manatee, a marine mammal also known as sea cows.
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Researchers discover new mammal reference genome that helps ID genetic var
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A genome sequencing project for this species, led by a team of researchers has created a new framework for the study of this important primate.
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Study reveals dozens of mammals could be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Numerous animals may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a large study modelling how the virus might infect different animals' cells, led by UCL researchers.
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Government to launch Project Dolphin in 15 days: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will launch Project Dolphin in 15 days for conservation and protection of the mammalian species in Indian rivers and oceans, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday.
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Study details catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Coronavirus crisis, has indeed, become an alarm to people across the globe to understand the ways in which certain infectious diseases can devastate a life. However, a recent study has expanded its research to identify the factors disturbing marine mamma
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Absence may increase fondness for the other, Study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 12 (ANI): When it comes to forming or lasting bonds, longing for the other may be as important as being together, shows the results from a new brain imaging study of prairie voles -- which are among only about 5 per cent of mammalian species besides humans who are
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Grey seals can also use their flippers to communicate during breeding seas
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 3 (ANI): A new study by a team of Monash University researchers suggests that grey seals can communicate not just using their voice, but also by clapping with their flippers.
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Droughts may push Platypuses to extinction: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Jan 22 (ANI): The Platypus, a unique and enigmatic mammal endemic to Australia, is now facing the threat of extinction due to the devastating droughts that have struck the continent.
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Deforestation, Climate change could decimate Madagascar's rainforest habit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A study has found that left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar's entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070, impacting thousands of plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that are
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