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Study shows which mammals live most successfully alongside people
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California- Santa Cruz analyzed data from 3,212 camera traps to show how human disturbance could be shifting the makeup of mammal communities across North America.
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Mammals can use their intestines to breathe: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, according to a new study published in the journal Med.
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Social isolation behaviour in ants is similar to that of humans
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 11 (ANI The findings of a recent 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 group. They react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans a
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Researchers discover key brain molecule that may play role in brain disord
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): A molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals has been discovered by a team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to t
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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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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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Study details catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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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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