London, November 3 (ANI): Scientists have warned that more than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction. According to a report by BBC News, out ...

Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Bonn have identified a gene in fruit flies that controls the metabolism of fat. The researchers called the gene 'schlank' (German for 'slim'). According to ...

London, Oct 28 (IANS) Millions of people worldwide use statins, a class of drugs used to lower blood cholesterol, but new research shows they may also be effective against cancer. Statins lower cholesterol ...

Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Adult fruit flies, which were happy in their youth, tend to choose a habitat similar to ones they were born in, according to new study. Led by Judy ...

Bangkok, Oct 20 (DPA) Thailand has set up its first nursing home for elderly elephants in Lampang province, already the home of two elephant hospitals, media reports said Tuesday. The Pang-La Nursing Home ...

Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) The fact that humans eat often and a lot may explain why most people are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, says a new study. The study ...

Tel Aviv, Oct 15 (DPA) Israeli archaeologists have found the 1,700-year footprints of people working on a mosaic during the times that the Romans were ruling the region. The imprints of bare feet ...

London, October 5 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have analyzed the ancient remains of a baby wooly mammoth that died after being sucked into a muddy river bed 40,000 years ago, ...

Washington, Sep 11 (ANI): Scientists in the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics have for the first time revealed that the male and female do truly communicate -at least at the fundamental ...

Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Scientists from University of Pennsylvania have shed light on how lungs are developed in the body. They have identified a tissue-repair-and-regeneration pathway in the human body, including wound healing ...

Washington, August 8 (ANI): An international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia, which is the oldest find within this genus ...

Washington, August 5 (ANI): Scientists are calling for more research into the toxicity of deet, an active ingredient in many insect repellents, after it has been found to be harmful to the ...

Washington, August 4 (ANI): A new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs and may eventually protect endangered black-footed ferrets ...

Washington, August 2 (ANI): In a new research, a team of biologists ahs determined that lemon sharks choose their "friends" based on two qualities, namely, genetically similar species and size. According to ...

Washington, August 1 (ANI): In a new research, a team of biologists ahs determined that lemon sharks choose their "friends" based on two qualities, namely, genetically similar species and size. According to ...

Washington, July 31 (IANS) The head shape and overall size of rodents have been changing over the years. Now, an ecologist has tied these changes to human population density and climate change. Oliver ...

Washington, July 29 (ANI): An international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia. Eomyops noeliae, from the Eomyidae family, represents the ...

Washington, July 28 (ANI): Evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants strongly suggests that only mammals, including humans, have seen their genomes shrink after the dinosaurs' extinction, with that trend ...

Washington, July 28 (IANS) After the dinosaurs, mammals too have to contend with a shrinking genome, according to evidence buried in the chromosomes of animals and plants. There was a shrinking in the ...

Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Mammals living in the tropics are evolving faster than those inhabiting cooler regions, according to a new study. Previously, it had been assumed that rates of genetic change ...

Washington, July 27 (ANI): Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, US, have discovered in fish yet another type of cell that can sense light and contribute to vision. The team of ...

London, July 23 (ANI): A leading scientist has claimed that an artificial brain could be built within a decade. Henry Makram, director of research group the Blue Brain Project, has already created parts ...

Washington, July 20 (ANI): In a new study, a scientist is analyzing how humans came to develop clothing, and how that innovation might have in turn given our species an evolutionary edge ...

Washington, July 19 (ANI): A new study has found out that moths can use ultrasound blasts to disrupt sonar from predatory bats, thus evading detection by the flying mammals. Bats emit high-pitched ...

Washington, July 18 (ANI): A new study has found out that moths can use ultrasound blasts to disrupt sonar from predatory bats, thus evading detection by the flying mammals. Bats emit high-pitched ...

Washington, July 14 (ANI): While cats are often seen as difficult pets when it comes to making them do something, they certainly know the trick to get humans at their service, according ...

Washington, July 14 (ANI): While cats are often seen as difficult pets when it comes to making them do something, they certainly know the trick to get humans at their service, according ...

London, July 9 (ANI): An anti-aging pill may just have come one step closer to reality, with researchers finding that a drug, commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being ...

London, July 8 (ANI): Hayden Panettiere gave a glimpse of her love for animals when she recently showed her pictures while swimming with dolphins. The 19-year-old beauty showed off snaps of herself snorkelling ...

London, July 2 (ANI): While salamanders are known for their ability to regenerate lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord, and even bits of lopped-off brain, scientists have now shown that humans ...