A southern cassowary chick hatched in the UK, making it only the second one of its species to have hatched on European soil.

Hierarchy provides a survival advantage to social animals in challenging circumstances. In mice, social dominance is associated with trait anxiety which is regulated by adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

Native to sub-Saharan Africa, the spotted felines can stand 60 centimetres and weigh up to 20 kilograms. Their large ears ...

While maintaining an inbred AKR/J line in the early 1970's ... The SAMP8 line is derived from the SAM-P/2 line. The SAMP mice, including SAMP8, have been widely used in aging research to study ...

Litter size in mice depends on the quality of available food, the age of the female, and the level of inbreeding in the parent mice. When mice mate with other mice that are closely related to them ...

Long-term stress and reproduction are physiologically and behaviourally incompatible. This is largely due to the actions of steroid hormones. In my previous rodent work, I have consistently seen ...

Indeed, Kenny had hereditary facial deformations because of inbreeding, not chromosome changes ... Analysts have found that mice can encounter chromosomal imperfections. They can foster an extra ...

Chronic stress, in particular, has been linked with many negative health outcomes—and a new study published February 11 in PLOS Biology finds that in mice, at least, it can also affect the way ...