Guwahati, Oct 29 (PTI) A new gecko species has been discovered in Assam’s Dima Hasao district by Mizoram University researchers, state Forest and Climate Change Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on Thursday. In a social media post, he said that the…
A case study on Saipan documents invasive Common House Geckos electrocuted on air conditioner motherboards, with a literature review showing the damage problem is widespread and underreported. Invasive House Geckos Keep Short-Circuiting Air Conditioners on Saipan Subject of Research: Damage…
Zoo-housed ruffed lemurs responded to a new scent enrichment made from the odour of a fertile female, with sexual behaviours increasing significantly and two females becoming unexpectedly pregnant after the study, according to a peer-reviewed study published in BMC Zoology…
A two-generation genomic study of Atlantic salmon links a chromosome 25 haplotype to lower mortality and longer survival under bacterial kidney disease challenge. Subject of Research: Genetic architecture of bacterial kidney disease resistance in Atlantic salmon across two breeding generations Article…
An international research consortium with the participation of a research team led by Professor Cornelis Grimmelikhuijzen from the Department of Biology, has sequenced the genome from the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Tribolium is the first beetle and the first…
A new gecko species, Gekko luanchuanensis, has been described from the Qinling Mountains in Henan Province, China, based on morphology and mitochondrial DNA.
The markers themselves proved moderately informative. Gene diversity averaged 0.26 and the polymorphic information content was 0.22, indicating that the SNP panel captured a meaningful share of the variation present in the accessions. Population-level statistics pointed to a moderate overall level of…
A four-season survey at three Egyptian Red Sea sites recorded 2,942 benthic individuals from 60 species and found that season and location both significantly shaped community composition.
Giant barrel sponges host a microclimate of marine life and can live for over 2,000 years. Moalboal is a popular diving spot where people come to witness the famous daily sardine run. It’s also a great area for finding sea turtles.
A newly described thin-toed gecko from Qom Province, central Iran, expands the known diversity of Mediodactylus and sharpens species boundaries in a notoriously difficult group. The study names Mediodactylus veshnavahensis sp. nov. and characterizes it using morphology, geometric morphometrics and…
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