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Dec. 15, 2022 —Mathematical modeling reveals how fleas with early-stage Yersinia pestis infections are insufficient to drive epizootic outbreaks but can help promote a low level of enzootic ...
Sep. 20, 2021 —Biologists sized up an unlikely natural phenomenon: when parasitism actually causes the number of hosts to increase, an effect known as a hydra effect. A study of common water fleas and their fungal ...
June 24, 2021 —In a large study of Chinese cats, genetic detectives highlight the evolutionary uniqueness and premier conservation importance of the elusive Chinese mountain cat (Felis silvestris bieti), found only ...
Dec. 11, 2020 —Researchers resurrected the preserved eggs of a shrimp-like crustacean to examine long-standing questions about adaptive ...
Oct. 25, 2022 —A small study has found that cats may change their behavior when they hear their owner's voice talking in a tone directed to them, the cats, but not when hearing the voice of a stranger or their ...
Dec. 21, 2020 —A study of more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of fleas has resolved one of the longest standing mysteries in the evolution of insects, reordering their placement in the tree of life and pinpointing ...
Oct. 22, 2020 —A new and improved cat genome has already proven to be a valuable tool for feline biomedical research by helping to confirm existing gene variants and new candidate genes underlying diseases in ...
Aug. 10, 2020 —We are all familiar with the old adage 'fighting like cats and dogs', but a new scientific study now reveals how you can bid farewell to those animal scraps and foster a harmonious ...
July 9, 2020 —Common domestic cats, as we know them today, might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago. This is indicated by new analyses done on an almost complete cat skeleton ...
Sep. 2, 2020 —Cat owners fall into five categories in terms of their attitudes to their pets' roaming and hunting, according to a new ...