Fruit flies' microbiomes shape their evolution
In just five generations, an altered microbiome can lead to genome-wide evolution in fruit flies, according to new research.
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Not the hairstyle, but the content: Hair indicates whether wild animals were 'stressed'
Scientists have now demonstrated that the 'stress' hormone cortisol is deposited in hair of wild mongooses in Portugal and determined baselines for cortisol in these carnivores. It is now possible to investigate whether different habitats and changed living conditions, such as the return of the Iberian lynx, place a particular burden on the mongooses.
Read moreElephant seal 'supermoms' produce most of the population, study finds
Most of the pups born in an elephant seal colony in California over a span of five decades were produced by a relatively small number of long-lived 'supermoms,' according to a new study.
Read moreMore than Lyme: Tick study finds multiple agents of tick-borne diseases
Scientists reported on the prevalence of multiple agents capable of causing human disease that are present in three species of ticks in Long Island.
Read moreMicrobes make chemicals for scent marking in a cat
Domestic cats, like many other mammals, use smelly secretions from anal sacs to mark territory and communicate with other animals. A new study shows that many odiferous compounds from a male cat are actually made not by the cat, but by a community of bacteria living in the anal sacs.
Read moreFake news doesn’t (always) fool mice
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:05:34 +0000
Mice can interpret speech phonemes correctly up to 80% of the time without falling for semantic hoodwinks like humans do.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DOZxZWFWABA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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