A high-throughput sense-of-smell test highlights the individual behavioural responses of blind and sighted fish to different odours and suggests ‘personality’ plays a role in foraging success.
A newly identified protein helps poison dart frogs accumulate and store a potent toxin in their skin which they use for self-defence against predators.
A suite of new image analysis tools allows for the easy extraction and integration of quantitative information from brain images routinely held at biobanks worldwide.
A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing helped develop their coiling and grasping trunks.
A study of senescent (inactive) osteoclasts in the vertebral column of mice suggests that using anti-senescent drugs could relieve the spinal sensitivity that causes lower back pain.
Researchers have characterised the molecular basis for the change in food selection among cotton bollworms that occurs between their larval and adult stages.
