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28-Apr-2025

Some dogs, cats bred to evolve same ‘smushed’ faces

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and “smushed” faces, so they’re more similar to each other than they are to other dogs or cats.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

28-Apr-2025

‘Extremely rare event’: bone analysis suggests ancient echidnas lived in water

University of New South Wales
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research questions the evolutionary history of some of our most peculiar mammals.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Australian Research Council, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

28-Apr-2025

New research on bird behavior suggests that evolution may repeat itself

Indiana University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study found that bird species who nest in tree cavities have independently evolved heightened aggression across lineages, particularly in females.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

28-Apr-2025

Bacteria’s mysterious viruses can fan flames of antibiotic damage, according to new model

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Virginia Tech's Bryan Hsu and graduate student Hollyn Franklin built a model that allows them to diminish phage communities from a mouse gut microbiome — and then bring them back — without affecting the bacteria. On a test run of their model, researchers found evidence that phages may increase gut bacteria’s sensitivity to antibiotics. Their results were published April 28 in the journal Cell Host and Microbe.

Journal: Cell Host & Microbe

28-Apr-2025

Ulrich Steidl, M.D., Ph.D., at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Elected to Association of American Physicians

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Ulrich Steidl, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of cell biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and deputy director at the National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been elected a member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP), a prestigious 140-year-old honorary society dedicated to advancing medical knowledge through basic and clinical science.

28-Apr-2025

Family first: Scientists reveal long-tailed tits' remarkable family bonds

University of Sheffield
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Birds that babysit: scientists reveal long-tailed tits' remarkable family bonds

Journal: Journal of Animal Ecology

28-Apr-2025

Elephant instead of wild boar? What could have been in Europe

Pensoft Publishers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Even under today’s climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study. For this finding, the Sport Ecology research group at the University of Bayreuth combined fossil finds with reconstructions of past climates. The researchers present their findings in the journal Frontiers of Biogeography.

Journal: Frontiers of Biogeography
Funder: Open Access Publikationsfonds of the University of Bayreuth