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Mammals
Mammals: warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class, distinguishable by the hair or fur, secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and, at times, the birth of live young.
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FEB 22, 2023Microbiology
In a first, scientists have used bat cells to create bat induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can now be used t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the planet Earth has been home to around 8.7 million species of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 03, 2023Chemistry & Physics
New research finds that oxytocin may not be as important in prairie voles as it is in other mammals.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 24, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers led by Washington State University (WSU) examin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 22, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics refers to features of the genome that can affect gene expression, but don't alter the nucleotide sequence of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2023Plants & Animals
Yesterday a story started to pop up everywhere about a terrifying beach discovery. A woman walking along Crystal Beach i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 16, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2023Neuroscience
A Nagoya University research team found that a group of EP3 neurons play a crucial role in regulating mammalian body tem ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 13, 2022Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 26, 2022Neuroscience
A crucial enzyme in the mammalian brain seems to randomly switch on and off, according to new research reported in Natur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2022Health & Medicine
In the modern world, many people are exposed to artificial light at night. It's even become such a problem that dark sky ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2022Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2022Earth & The Environment
Ritual use of animal sacrifice is not unusual in Ancient Egypt and animals were frequently mummified throughout the Old, ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanOCT 11, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2022Health & Medicine
In Borneo, researchers have discovered the oldest case of a surgical amputation in which the left lower leg and left foo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in eLife, an international team of researchers discuss how different mammals respond to the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 15, 2022Plants & Animals
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences discusses hibernation as the sec ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 12, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how the increasing ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 29, 2022Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2023
Microbiology
In a first, scientists have used bat cells to create bat induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can now be used t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the planet Earth has been home to around 8.7 million species of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 03, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
New research finds that oxytocin may not be as important in prairie voles as it is in other mammals.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 24, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers led by Washington State University (WSU) examin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics refers to features of the genome that can affect gene expression, but don't alter the nucleotide sequence of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2023
Plants & Animals
Yesterday a story started to pop up everywhere about a terrifying beach discovery. A woman walking along Crystal Beach i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2023
Neuroscience
A Nagoya University research team found that a group of EP3 neurons play a crucial role in regulating mammalian body tem
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 26, 2022
Neuroscience
A crucial enzyme in the mammalian brain seems to randomly switch on and off, according to new research reported in Natur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
In the modern world, many people are exposed to artificial light at night. It's even become such a problem that dark sky
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2022
Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Ritual use of animal sacrifice is not unusual in Ancient Egypt and animals were frequently mummified throughout the Old,
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
OCT 11, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2022
Health & Medicine
In Borneo, researchers have discovered the oldest case of a surgical amputation in which the left lower leg and left foo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in eLife, an international team of researchers discuss how different mammals respond to the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 15, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences discusses hibernation as the sec
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 12, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how the increasing ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 29, 2022
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch