Broiler chickens, bred for rapid growth, accumulate more fat under chronic heat stress, which reduces meat quality and production efficiency. In a recent study, researchers from Japan revealed that heat stress directly alters fat metabolism in adipose tissue, regulating genes that promote fat storage. Their findings suggest new strategies to mitigate heat stress-related losses in poultry production amidst global warming.

Recently, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Guangzhou National Laboratory and other research institutes published a perspective entitled Redefining imaging genomics for the next decade on Science Bulletin, in which the article systematically summarizes the existing advancements in imaging genomics, and proposes a framework for imaging genomics that provide a new path for precision medicine.

Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of mammals – including new research into the eating habits of lobe-finned fish which inhabited an ancient reef in northern Australia.

In new research in iScience journal, an international study led by Flinders University reveals new insights into the lives of 380-million-year-old lungfish after a high-tech examination of ‘remarkable’ well-preserved jawbones found in the remote Gogo fossil field in northern Western Australia.

New biocatalysts can produce useful epoxides from harmful styrene, and do this so selectively that only the desired compounds are formed and not their undesirable counterparts. This result was achieved by a group of doctoral students from the MiCon research training group (“Microbial Substrate Conversion”) at Ruhr University Bochum with the support of a research group at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The researchers report their findings in the journal ACS Catalysis on July, 7, 2025.

A recent genetic study reveals surprising evolutionary history and serious conservation concerns of the Siberian flying squirrel.

A team of researchers from Utrecht University, Durham University, and other institutions observed something remarkable at a chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia. Several chimpanzees from one particular group were seen dangling blades of grass from their ear holes or their behinds, for no apparent reason. The behaviour was not seen in other chimpanzee groups at the same sanctuary, despite similar living conditions. “This shows that, like humans, other animals also copy seemingly pointless behaviours from one another,” says Utrecht University researcher Edwin van Leeuwen. “And that, in turn, may offer insights into the evolutionary roots of human culture.”